Practical wisdom : the right way to do the right thing
Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
Bok Engelsk 2010
| Utgitt | New York : Riverhead Books , 2010
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| Omfang | 324 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | 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.. - 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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| ISBN | 9781594487835
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Practical wisdom : the right way to do the right thing
Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
Bok · Engelsk · 2010
Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
Bok · Engelsk · 2010
