Bibliograph

Practical wisdom, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

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Practical wisdom, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Practical wisdom

Oclc number

646111798

Responsibility statement

Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe

Table Of Contents

What wisdom is and why we need it -- Introductio n: 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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