Abstract:  Honesty is clearly an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships typically depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Yet philosophers have said almost nothing about the virtue of honesty in the past fifty years. This talk aims to draw attention to this surprisingly neglected virtue. The first part will give a preliminary account of the virtue. The second will draw upon empirical research from psychology to assess how honest we tend to be. And the third part will outline some strategies for reducing the character gap between the virtue of honesty and our actual characters.