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320. Massimo Pigliucci — How to Live a Good Life and Create a Just Society

The Michael Shermer Show

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Teaching Virtue in Part by Acting Like a Virtuous Person

You can teach virtue in part by just acting like a virtuous person. Even if you don't really feel it, I'm just going to start tipping every time I go out 20% instead of 10%. And then in a couple months, maybe I actually feel guilty if I don't tip 20% because my new virtue standards have been risen. That's exactly right. Near the end of the next, to the last chapter of the quest for character, it goes into what works and what doesn't work to improve our own car or virtue.

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