Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Schwartz, Barry, 1946- Title: Practical wisdom : the right way to do the right thing / Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe. Publisher, Date: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010. Description: 324 pages ; 24 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Wisdom. Knowledge, Theory of. Conduct of life. epistemology. Knowledge, Theory of. Wisdom. Other Author: Sharpe, Kenneth. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-315) and index. Contents: 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. LCCN: 2010029239 ISBN: 9781594487835 1594487839 9781594485435 1594485437 9781594487835 Other Number: 646111798 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 537441 Call Number: BF431 .S358 2010 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Expand All | Collapse All Availability Displaying 1 of 1
