1055 Massimo Pigliucci – The Quest for Character
The Quest for Character
What Socrates’s greatest failure reveals about an ancient question: Can we teach our leaders to be better people? In this episode, I speak with Massimo for the second time about his newest book, The Quest for Character. We aim to answer the question, is good character something that can be taught? A discussion about many things Stoicism and how we can all aim to live a better life.
Book links by Massimo below.
How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
The Stoic Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living
Guest Bio.
Prof. Pigliucci has a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He currently is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His research interests include the philosophy of biology, the relationship between science and philosophy, the nature of pseudoscience, and the practical philosophy of Stoicism.
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