 Harman and Doris did not take the experimental evidence to challenge the stability of character traits. As we will see below, they were happy to accept the widespread possession of what they called “local” character traits which are restricted to narrow situations like eating at home. Instead, their focus was on the cross-situational consistency of global traits. There they thought there is good empirical reason to believe most people do not have virtues and vices which exhibit consistent behavior across trait-relevant situations.