Wisdom as an Expert Skill.

Practical wisdom is the intellectual virtue that enables a person to make reliably good decisions about how, all-things-considered, to live. As such, it is a lofty and important ideal to strive for. It is precisely this loftiness and importance that gives rise to important questions about wisdom: Ca...

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Publicado en:Ethical Theory & Moral Practice Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 511 - 529
Autor principal: Swartwood, Jason
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2013
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