The virtue of Ecophronesis: An ecological adaptation of practical wisdom

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1009-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Austin
Keyword(s):  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Ecological Adaptation

4. Healing the Ethical Cleft: Phronesis and University Ethical Leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-89
Author(s):  
Hawken Brackett ◽  
E. Douglas McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Student Affairs ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Institutional Management ◽  
Technical Rationality

<?page nr="69"?>Abstract A misalignment exists between the institutional management of individual student behavior and the stated ethical principles undergirding modern higher education practices in the United States, ultimately creating an ethical failure serving no one. We discuss this misalignment from the site of student affairs, due to its charge to represent both university and student. A technocratic ethical discourse creates the illusion of decision-making autonomy that promises certain outcomes if “common sense” leadership practices are employed. The lens of technical rationality homogenizes and reduces perceived problems to simple either/ors that fail to address the inequitable effects of such ethical logic. We counter “common sense” leadership with a notion of ethical leadership called phronetic leadership, which is informed by an Aristotelian understanding of phronesis (practical wisdom), virtue ethics, and a Foucauldian awareness of governmentality. We argue that phronetic leaders can mend the cleft crippling institutional ethical foundations and practices.

Proposed Sources of Practical Wisdom

Ethics ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-274
Author(s):  
Charner Perry
Keyword(s):  
Practical Wisdom

The Practical Wisdom Framework: A Compass for School Leaders

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110288
Author(s):  
Karen Elizabeth Bohlin
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Policy Compliance ◽  
Special Cases

Educational leaders are required to respond in real time to questions, quandaries, and cases that involve individuals in different contexts. They face an array of possible choices that exist in tension. Justice and fairness must coexist with mercy and compassion; in enforcing policy, compliance must make room for flexibility in special cases. School leaders are called to adjudicate competing goods and teach others to do the same. This article examines what practical wisdom is, why it matters, and introduces a theoretically grounded Practical Wisdom Framework (PWF) to help school leaders deliberate well to create and sustain formative institutions.

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