Barry Schwartz on Practical Wisdom

In this lecture, Barry Schwartz presents work from his book manuscript, Practical Wisdom and the Moral Improvisations of Everyday Life, coauthored with Kenneth Sharpe. Schwartz draws on everything from Aristotle to cases of rule-driven bureaucracy run amok to argue that societies are increasingly moving towards a culture of protocols and regulations in which there is less and less room for "moral improvisation" and common sense, resulting in a troubling form of social and moral deskilling.

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