Open Ended Aspiration in a College Setting

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"i sort of don't believe in advice. And i think that like, telling some one that they should fire and try things out and be open to new things like that could be the right thing to say if you knew the person," he says. "You can easily conjure up situations in which it's the wrong thing to say."

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.