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Practical wisdom : the right way to do the right thing / Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe.

Schwartz, Barry, 1946- (Author). Sharpe, Kenneth. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 9781594487835
ISBN: 1594487839
Physical Description: 324 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-315) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What wisdom is and why we need it -- Introduction: the need for wisdom -- What wisdom is : the janitor and the judge -- Balancing acts : why wisdom is practical -- The machinery of wisdom -- Born to be wise -- Thinking with feeling : the value of empathy -- Learning from experience : the machinery of wisdom -- The war on wisdom -- Ruling out wisdom : when judges stop judging and doctors stop prescribing -- Eroding the empathy to be wise -- Right by rote: overstandardization and the rise of the canny outlaw -- The war on will -- Demoralizing institutions -- Sources of hope -- System changers -- Wisdom and happiness.

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Philosophy SCHWA 2010 (Text)

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37818000082208

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