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Practical wisdom : the right way to do the right thing Cover Image Book Book

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.

Content descriptions

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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Subject: Wisdom.
Knowledge, Theory of.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

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