This article attempts to understand and develop the morality of everyday activities in organizations. Aristotle’s concept of phronesis, practical wisdom, is utilized to describe the morality of the everyday work activities at two call centres of an Australian insurance company. The ethnographic data suggests that ethical judgements at the lower level of the organization are practical rather tha...

This chapter outlines a framework that characterizes science teachers’ practical-moral knowledge utilizing the Aristotelian concept of phronesis/practical wisdom. The meaning of phronesis is further explicated and its relevance to science education are outlined utilizing a virtue-based view of knowledge and practical hermeneutics. First, and to give a background, assumptions about teacher knowl...

Abstract We argue that the growing prevalence of statistical machine learning in everyday decision making – from creditworthiness to police force allocation effectively replaces many our humdrum practical judgments and this will eventually undermine capacit y for such judgments. lean on Aristotle’s famous account how phronesis moral virtues develop make case. If Aristotle is right habitual exer...

The concept of phronesis enters educational discourse at various levels engagement, and it continues to fascinate frustrate theorists in equal measure. This article begins by charting the vagaries three discourses on phronesis, eliciting insights from recently burgeoning wisdom research within psychology. Mindful fact that making progress study is not only a conceptual or philosophical endeavou...

The paper compares three debates form different times and areas: the foundational debate within IS in 1980s (represented by books by Winograd & Flores, Ehn, and Nurminen), and the current debates in Design Research (represented by Buchanan) and in practical philosophy (represented by Toulmin). It is found that in the core of the two first debates is the question of the nature of the knowledge u...

“Phronesis” can be summarized as “wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.” This unique article originated from comments made by scholars on a podcast hosted Dr. Scott Allen titled “Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders.” Here, we propose 10 specific agendas focused future scholarship field leadership studies, authored some these scholars. Topics include how to think about ...