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Books

Miller, Christian. Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Integrity, Honesty, and Truth Seeking. Ed. Christian B. Miller and Ryan West. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Articles

15. Cooper, B., Cohen, T. R., Huppert, E., Levine, E. E., & Fleeson, W. “Honesty in organizations: A systematic review and new conceptual framework.” The Academy of Management Annals, Vol 17, Issue 2 (forthcoming). (Accepted proposal available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PCG7M)

14. Cohen, T. R., Helzer, E. G., & Creo, R. A. “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, game framing, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Negotiation Journal (2022). Preprint doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/r8uzv

13. Byerly, T. Ryan. “Intellectual Honesty and Intellectual Transparency,” Episteme (2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2021.54

12. Miller, Christian. “Technology and the Virtue of Honesty,” in Technology Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction and Readings. Eds. Gregory J. Robson and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Routledge, forthcoming.

11. Fleeson, W., and Jayawickreme, E. “Whole traits: Revealing the social-cognitive mechanisms constituting personality’s central variable.” In B. Gawronski (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2021, 69-128.

10. Miller, Christian. “Bullshit,” in The Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming.

9. Miller, Christian. “Honesty,” in The Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming.

8. Miller, Christian. “The Philosophy and Psychology of Character,” Personality Science 2: 1-5.

7. Miller, Christian. “Cultivating Virtue in the University: Some Ideas from Philosophy and Psychology,” in Cultivating Virtue in the University. Eds. Michael Lamb, Jonathan Brant, and Edward Brooks. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

6. Miller, Christian. “Cultivating Honesty,” in Faith & Virtue Formation: Christian Philosophy in Aid of Becoming Good, Eds. Adam Pelser and Scott Cleveland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, 213-235.

5. Miller, Christian. “Flirting with Skepticism about Practical Wisdom.” Practical Wisdom: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives. Routledge, 2021, 52-69.

4. Miller, Christian. “Moral Relativism and Virtue.” Virtues in Theory and Practice: Local or Universal? Routledge, 2021, 11-25.

3. Miller, Christian. “Motivation and the Virtue of Honesty: Some Conceptual Requirements and Empirical Results.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Special Issue on Character, 23: 355-371.

2. Miller, Christian. “Honesty and Dishonesty: Unpacking Two Character Traits Neglected by Philosophers.” 75th Anniversary Special Issue on Virtue Ethics: Contemporary Issues. Portuguese Journal of Philosophy 76 (2020): 343-362.

1. Miller, Christian. “The Virtue of Honesty, Nazis at the Door, and Huck Finn Cases.” Belgrade Philosophical Annual. Special Issue on Moral Psychology 32 (2019): 51-66.

Presentations

51. Um, Sungwoo. “Honesty: Respect for the Right Not to be Deceived.” Jubliee Centre Annual Conference, September 2022.

50. Tollefsen, Deborah. “Vicious Organizations.” Keynote Lecture at Collective Intentionality XIII, University of Vienna, August 2022.

49. Tollefsen, Deborah. “Dishonest Groups.” University of Copenhagen Summer School, August 2022.

48. Brown, Rebecca. “Honesty in Public Health Communication”. World Congress on Bioethics, Basel, July 2022.

47. Tollefsen, Deborah. “Organizational Virtue.” Washington University, St. Louis, June 2022.

46. Um, Sungwoo. “Honesty: Respect for the Right Not to be Deceived.” American Philosophical Association, Central Division, February 2022.

45. Tollefsen, Deborah. “Lying Organizations.” Workshop on Group Assertion, University of Vienna, February 2022.

44. Guillot, Marie. “Dishonesty and Bullshit.” Visiting Speaker Series of the Philosophy Department at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, February 2022.

43. Um, Sungwoo. “Honesty: Respect for the Right Not to be Deceived.” Korean Society of Ethics, 2021.

42. Miller, Christian. “Honesty.” Shaftesbury Society, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 2021.

41. Miller, Christian. “Honesty.” Institute of Philosophy, Gdańsk University Poland, December 2021.

40. Cohen, T. R. “Having a Conscience in Banking.” Invited presentation for Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Supervisor’s Roundtable Meeting, December 2021.

39. Miller, Christian. “Honesty at Work,” Berges Lecture Series on Business Ethics, University of Notre Dame, November 2021.

38. Cooper, B. “Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace.” Invited presentation, University of Texas at Arlington, College of Business (Management department), November 2021. 

37. Cohen, T. R. “Ethical leadership through honesty and giving voice to values.” Keynote speaker at AACSB International, Associate Deans Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida. October 2021.

36. Miller, Christian. “Cultivating Honesty.” Sydney College of Divinity, October 2021.

35. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Some Thoughts about the Moral and the Intellectual Virtue.” Virtual Symposium on Virtue Epistemology, Federal University of Paraíba Brazil, October 2021

34. Miller, Christian and Taya Cohen. “Why Honesty Is More Complex Than It Seems” Templeton Philanthropy Seminar Series, October 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdvuy_0Mlv4

33. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Exploring the Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue.” Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health, September 2021.

32. Miller, Christian. “Honesty.” Virtue Forum Luncheon, Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, University of Oklahoma, September 2021.

31. Cohen, T. R. “Ethical leadership through giving voice to values.” Invited presentation for the Emerging Leaders Alliance (ELA), Pittsburgh, PA, September 2021.  

30. Cooper, B., Cohen, T. R., Huppert, E., Levine, E. E., & Fleeson, W. (2021, August). “Honesty in organizations.” Symposium presentation at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.12392symposium

29. Cohen, T. R., Helzer, E. G., & Creo, R. A. (2021, August). “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, game frames, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Symposium presentation at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.12481symposium

28. Cohen, T. R., Helzer, E. G., & Creo, R. A., “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, game frames, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Annual Meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, virtual, July 2021.

27. Cooper, B., Huppert, E., Cohen, T. R., Effron, D. A., Levine, E. E., Minson, J. A., Schroeder, J., & Scheweitzer, M. E., “Rethinking research on honesty using a new conceptual framework.” Roundtable panel discussion at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, July 2021.

26. Cohen, Taya. “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, game framing, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Ben Gurion University, Center for Decision-Making and Economic Psychology, May 2021.

25. Miller, Christian, Taya Cohen, Caleb Reynolds, and William Fleeson. “The Honesty Project.” Network for Research in Morality Inaugural Conference, May 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcGJsbxoA1o&t=186s

24. Cohen, Taya. “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, gamification beliefs, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, April 2021.

23. Miller, Christian. “Honesty, Cheating, and Wake Forest University.” Philomathesian Society, Wake Forest University, March 2021.

22. Fleeson, William. “Whole Trait Theory: Are Traits Mere Tools?” University of Zurich, March 2021.

21. Fleeson, William. “Whole Trait Theory.” Brown bag at UT-Austin, March 2021.

20. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Some Preliminary Thoughts About a Stunningly Neglected Virtue.” University of North Carolina at Greensboro, March 2021.

19. Miller, Christian. “Kant on Lying.” Ethics Class, Coastal Carolina University, March 2021.

18. Miller, Christian. “What is Honesty, Are Most People Honest, and How can We Become More Honest?” Public Lecture, Coastal Carolina University, March 2021.

17. Cohen, Taya. “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, game framing, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Marquette University Law School, March 2021.

16. Miller, Christian. “Honesty.” Baylor University Virtue Graduate Seminar, February 2021.

15. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: What is it, How Honest are We Today, and How Might it Matter to your Journal?” Veritas Forum Augustine Collective Conference, February 2021.

14. Miller, Christian. “What is Honesty, Are Most People Honest, and How can We Become More Honest?” US Naval War College, January 2021.

13. Cohen, Taya. “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, gamification beliefs, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, December 2020.

12. Cohen, Taya. “Honesty among lawyers: Moral character, gamification beliefs, and honest disclosures in negotiations.” University of Maryland, December 2020.

11. Miller, Christian, Jayawickreme, Eranda, Furr, R. Michael, and Fleeson, William. “The Honesty Project.” College Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University, October 2020.

10. Miller, Christian. “What is the Virtue of Honesty and How Can We Develop It? Some Thoughts from Philosophy, Psychology, and Christianity.” Notre Dame School of Virtue and Character, September 2020.

9. Miller, Christian. “A Preliminary Account of Honesty.” Tulane University, September 2020.

8. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Some Preliminary Thoughts about a Stunningly Neglected Virtue,” Baylor University, January 2020.

7. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: A Stunningly Neglected Virtue in Philosophy,” Honesty Project State of Research Conference, September 2019.

6. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Some Preliminary Thoughts about a Stunningly Neglected Virtue,” Wake Forest University Eudaimonia Institute, August 2019.

5. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Some Preliminary Thoughts about a Stunningly Neglected Virtue,” Macquarie University, June 2019.

4. Miller, Christian. “Honesty: Some Preliminary Thoughts about a Stunningly Neglected Virtue,” University of Sydney, June 2019.

3. Miller, Christian. “Comments on Biondi on Honesty and Integrity.” Ayn Rand Society, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, January 2019.

2. Miller, Christian. “Moral Relativism and Virtue,” Keynote Speaker, Jubilee Center for Character and Virtue Conference, Oxford University, January 2019.

1. Miller, Christian. “The Neglected Virtue of Honesty: Insights from Philosophy and Psychology.” Third Annual Conference of ARETAI, European University of Rome, October 2018.

General Audience

Brown, Rebecca. “Are Public Health Institutions Honest?” Practical Ethics in the News, January 2022. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2022/01/are-public-health-institutions-honest/

Miller, Christian. “The virtue of honesty requires more than just telling the truth.” Aeon. December 13, 2021. https://psyche.co/ideas/more-than-just-truth-telling-honesty-is-a-virtue-to-cultivate

Miller, Christian. “The Philosophy of Character with Christian Miller.” The Rewired Soul Podcast, September 2021.

Miller, Christian. “Learning the Truth about Honesty.” Wake Forest News, October 2021. https://news.wfu.edu/2021/10/05/learning-the-truth-about-honesty/

Miller, Christian. “We’re Not as Moral as We Think.” Eudaimonia Radio, September 2021. https://jimmyalfonsolicon.substack.com/p/eudaimonia-radio-episode-2-christian

Cohen, Taya. “Exploring the Predictive Power of Guilt.” Bank Notes Podcast, November 2021. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=20987084

Miller, Christian. “A Conversation with Dr. Christian Miller on the Virtue of Honesty.” WeeklyTech Podcast, August 2021.
https://jasonthacker.com/podcast/a-conversation-with-dr-christian-miller-on-the-virtue-of-honesty/

Miller, Christian. “An Influential Study Of Dishonesty Was Dishonest.” Forbes, August 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianmiller/2021/08/30/an-influential-study-of-dishonesty-was-dishonest/

Miller, Christian. “Is Your Crush on OkCupid Telling You the Truth?” The New York Times. August 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/honesty-social-media.html

Miller, Christian. “Could Preventing Dishonesty Actually Lead Us To Be More Dishonest?” Forbes. August 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianmiller/2021/08/04/could-preventing-dishonesty-actually-lead-us-to-be-more-dishonest/?sh=6be5a72c44c7

Miller, Christian. “Some Employers Want Proof, Others Say Workers Can Just ‘Attest’ To Being Vaccinated.” NPR’s All Things Considered. August 2021. https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025551732/some-employers-want-proof-others-say-workers-can-just-attest-to-being-vaccinated?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Miller, Christian. “Character and the Virtue of Honesty with Christian Miller.” The London Lyceum Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/character-and-the-virtue-of-honesty-with-christian-miller/id1476529038?i=1000473009248

Miller, Christian. “Do You Come Across As Less Truthful The Longer You Take To Respond?” Forbes. June 2021.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianmiller/2021/06/14/do-you-come-across-as-less-truthful-the-longer-you-take-to-respond/?sh=14f533fa5f6e

Miller, Christian. “Christian Miller on Character.” UnMute Podcast, June 2021.
https://unmutetalk.podbean.com/e/episode-056-christian-miller-on-character/

Miller, Christian. “Are People Who BS A Lot, More Vulnerable To BS Themselves?” Forbes. March 2021.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianmiller/2021/03/16/are-people-who-bs-a-lot-more-vulnerable-to-bs-themselves/?sh=74b8897b5a0b

Miller, Christian. “Honesty and Character.” Sacred Science on Jewish Live, March 2021. https://www.jewishlive.org/sacredscience

Miller, Christian. “Honesty, WTF. Are People Who Curse A Lot Actually More Honest?” Forbes. February 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianmiller/2021/02/18/honesty-wtf-are-people-who-curse-a-lot-actually-more-honest/?sh=7a409c3c18fc

Miller, Christian. “Striving Towards the Virtue of Honesty.” Interviewed by Jamie D. Aten. Psychology Today. February 2021. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hope-resilience/202102/striving-towards-the-virtue-honesty

Miller, Christian. “Can Wearing Masks Incorrectly Be A Clue To Someone’s Dishonesty?” Forbes. February 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianmiller/2021/02/04/can-wearing-masks-incorrectly-be-a-clue-to-someones-dishonesty/

Miller, Christian. “Professor Christian Miller.” Conversation on Character Podcast, February 2021. https://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/2928/about/conversations-on-character-podcast

Miller, Christian. “Why Honesty Matters.” The Lisa Show. BYU Radio. February 2021. https://www.byuradio.org/50a993ab-7f52-4a3d-a4a8-8e45e4cac4f0?play=1

Miller, Christian. “Honesty and Radically Opposing Views: Flat-Earthers, Apocalyptic Preachers, and 2020 American Election-Deniers.” Open for Debate Blog, January 2021.
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/2021/01/25/honesty-and-radically-opposing-views-flat-earthers-apocalyptic-preachers-and-2020-american-election-deniers/

Miller, Christian. “The Most Important and Most Neglected Virtue.” The Common Reader, January 2021. https://commonreader.wustl.edu/the-most-important-and-most-neglected-virtue/

Miller, Christian. “Character and the Virtue of Honesty with Christian Miller.” The London Lyceum Podcast, April 2020. https://www.buzzsprout.com/412714/3042199-character-and-the-virtue-of-honesty-with-christian-miller

Miller, Christian. “Just How Dishonest Are Most Students?” The New York Times. November 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/opinion/sunday/online-learning-cheating.html

Miller, Christian. “Christian Miller on Character.” Stoa, November 2020. https://blog.stoameditation.com/christian-miller-character/

Miller, Christian. “What is Truth?” NPR’s Public Morality, November 2020. https://soundcloud.com/the-public-morality/episode-180-christian-miller

Miller, Christian. “The Neglected Virtue: Christian Miller Literally Wrote the Book on Honesty. So We Talked to Him about It.” Orbiter Magazine, December 2019. http://orbitermag.com/the-neglected-virtue/