The Brain Is a Committee

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"There are constitutional facts about us that make the path towards virtue in one area easier than another's let's close and talk about nero science, which i don't think you talk about in the book," he says. "We're ere. We're conflicted through our equipment, our hardware and our soft ware, and that's just the way it is." He adds: "It's not a question of all this, all this stuff about a aristotle and plato, that's just a, so much chin music"

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.