Practical wisdom : the right way to do the right thing
Book |
Riverhead Books,
New York :
c2010.
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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- ISBN: 9781594487835 (hc) :
- ISBN: 1594487839
- Physical Description: 324 p. ; 24 cm.print
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, c2010.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references 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.