 They did indeed accept this, but they also made stronger claims as well. Harman said that, “it may even be the case that there is no such thing as character” (Harman 1999: 328; for recent qualifications, see Harman 2009: 238, 241). Doris argued that, “people typically lack character” (Doris 1998: 506, 2002: 2). In a co-authored article with Maria Merritt they together said that, “Behavior is not typically ordered by robust traits” (Merritt et al. 2010: 358, emphasis theirs).