I Think It's About Habituating Yourself to the Good Things That We Want to Aspire To

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I think the at the root of this issue, to be more serious, it is the question of habituation. And you spend a little bit of time on it. I wish you'd spent more. The peanuts an pop coron are a trivial example, but the grander projects of helping others and being a good parent, friend, child, et cetera. Ah, i think it's about habituating yourself to to the good things that we want to aspire to, and then they just become self interested.

Where do our deepest personal values come from? Can we choose those values? Philosopher and author Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago talks about her book, Aspiration, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Callard explores the challenge of aspiration--who we are versus who we would like to become. How does aspiration work? How can we transform ourselves when we cannot know how it will feel to be transformed? Callard discusses these questions and more in this provocative episode.