The podcast Building Personality begins with a distinction between personality and character: the former you are born with, and the latter you build. Character is a a moral stance to the world and good character seeks flourishing for self and others. Character is examined through the lenses of moral realism and evolutionary adaptation. I then provide examples of character development starting with recalibrating our extreme personality traits. There is also a discussion of the Dark Triad personality disorders and how they are so shocking given our moral wiring. I end on the observation that cultivating relationships is the key not only to a viable morality, but a life of satisfaction and wellbeing.
