Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

Name: Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing
Price: 7.99 USD
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Rating: 4.3 (193 reviews)
Author: Barry Schwartz

by Barry Schwartz

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4.3 (193)

4.3 stars from 193 reviews

324 pages~5.4 hr readPublished by Riverhead BooksPublished 2010-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're tired of rules and systems that strip away judgment and leave you feeling like a robot at work or in life.
You care about ethics but struggle with how to actually live them when competing pressures pull you in different directions.
You want practical tools grounded in philosophy, not abstract theory that doesn't change anything.

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You're looking for quick answers or a step-by-step formula: this book argues that wisdom can't be reduced to rules.
You prefer narrative-driven books over case studies and conceptual frameworks.
You're sceptical of philosophy and want purely science-based advice on decision-making.

About this book

Practical Wisdom argues for recovering an essential human quality that has been lost in modern life: the ability to balance the desire to succeed with the desire to do right. Drawing on Aristotle's concept of practical wisdom, Schwartz and Sharpe define it as knowing "the right way to do the right thing in a particular circumstance, with a particular person, at a particular time." This quality combines individual experience with empathy and intellect. The authors explain how to identify, cultivate, and apply practical wisdom in order to live more healthily, wealthily, and wisely.

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