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Does Practical Wisdom Solve the Moral Knowledge-Action Gap?

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Wouter Sanderse *
DOI：10.1159/000551960delete
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This paper examines the Aristotelian foundations of the neo-Aristotelian Phronesis Model (APM) (Darnell et al. Human Development. 2019;62(3):101-29; Kristj & aacute;nsson & Fowers. Phronesis: Retrieving Practical Wisdom in Psychology, Philosophy, and Education. 2024) in light of its claim to resolve the moral knowledge-action gap. The paper argues that the APM departs from Aristotle's moral psychology by construing phronesis as having an action component. On Aristotle's account, practical wisdom culminates in prohairesis (reasoned choice or decision), not necessarily in action itself. Rather than rejecting the APM, the paper shows that Aristotle's own conception of phronesis offers other resources, some of which are acknowledged by proponents of the APM but not integrated into the model. Revisiting Aristotle's writings brings into view the interpretive, collective, and political dimensions of practical wisdom. These factors help understand better how wise moral decisions may, or may not, be enacted in concrete social contexts.
Keywords:
Moral development
Practical wisdom
Moral knowledge-action gap
Aristotelian Phronesis Model

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Human Development
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