The Eudo Podcast

Episode 2.4 How Can We Become Good?

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Feb 19, 2019
Discover four engaging strategies for becoming more virtuous, influenced by Christian Miller's insights. Explore how role models, both real and fictional, can shape our moral imagination. Learn the importance of choosing environments that foster good behaviors and strategies to overcome psychological biases. Delve into how personality tools like the Enneagram can help reveal your core desires. Also, uncover ways to seek divine support through community and spiritual disciplines in your journey toward goodness.
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ADVICE

Find Character Role Models

  • Seek moral role models in real life, fiction, or history to emulate their virtues.
  • Let admired lives shape your moral imagination and practical behavior.
ADVICE

Select Your Situations Deliberately

  • Avoid environments that encourage temptation and choose situations that support good habits.
  • Commit to formative practices like small groups and regular scripture to steer character growth.
ANECDOTE

Golden Corral As A Personal Test

  • Paul admits he tends toward gluttony and avoids all-you-can-eat buffets like Golden Corral.
  • He uses that personal example to illustrate choosing situations that prevent vice.
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