| Descript |
324 p. ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-315) and index |
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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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Identifies a loss of common-sense wisdom that has coincided with a collapsing economy, failing schools, and other setbacks, and offers recommendations to identify and cultivate wisdom by combining experience with empathy and intellect |
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Etik
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Visdom
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Kunskapsteori
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Wisdom
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Knowledge, Theory of
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| Classmark |
170/.44
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Dg
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Ddb
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Doee
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| Alt Auth |
Sharpe, Kenneth
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781594487835 |
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1594487839 |
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9781594485435 |
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1594485437 |
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