We've moved towards a more aspirational culture, in the sense that we think people like ought to pursue their talents and engage in this process of finding what they should value. But then that removes this kind of default option of childbear ing. And so it pushes away, an a way, it pushes the whole system a bit away from child bearing. I actually think i in her thinking about this um, you know, thought that, like, we all want freedom, but freedom is also unbearable. We can't tolerate our freedom em and we need to constantly produce stories of how we're alike caused and determined and forced.
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.