What is gratitude? Why is it a good thing? *Is* it always a good thing? How is it related to other virtues and other character traits? On the Thanksgiving episode of Ethics Forward, host Avery Kolers of the University of Louisville Philosophy department talks to Dr. Liz Gulliford of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtue at the University of Birmingham in England.
For more info on the Jubilee Centre check out http://jubileecentre.ac.uk/. Some of their work on gratitude is in their report "An Attitude for Gratitude" (http://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/1570/projects/previous-work/an-attitude-for-gratitude) and their brand-new report "Gratitude and Related Character Virtues" (http://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/1584/projects/current-projects/gratitude-and-related-character-virtues).
Music is "Yes, and No Questions," by Prismic at https://soundcloud.com/prismicofficial.