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Challenges Facing the Appeal to Practical Wisdom in Medicine and Beyond
1Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA.
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
|January 8, 2025
Summary
This study outlines key challenges in understanding practical wisdom in medicine. It explores the virtue's existence, nature, and connection to objective truths, offering guidance for future research.
Area of Science:
- Philosophy of Medicine
- Ethics
- Virtue Theory
Background:
- Growing interest in practical wisdom within medical ethics.
- Need for a structured understanding of this virtue in clinical practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and articulate significant challenges in developing an account of practical wisdom in medicine.
- To guide future philosophical and ethical inquiry into this topic.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of practical wisdom.
- Identification of five core challenges related to its existence, nature, and normative connections.
Main Results:
- Five distinct challenges are presented concerning practical wisdom.
- The challenges address the virtue's ontological status and its relationship with objective moral truths.
Conclusions:
- The paper serves as a foundational guide to the complexities surrounding practical wisdom in medicine.
- It highlights areas requiring further investigation rather than providing definitive solutions.
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