TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwartz,Barry
AU  - Sharpe,Kenneth
TI  - Practical wisdom: the right way to do the right thing 
SN  - 1594485437 (pbk.)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Riverhead Books
KW  - Knowledge, Theory of
KW  - Wisdom
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-315) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -