Phronesis: Developing and Validating a Short Measure of Practical Wisdom
Phronesis (practical wisdom) has come under increased scrutiny of late within neo-Aristotelian moral psychology, character education and virtue-base professional ethics. While great strides have been made within the Jubilee Centre since 2019 in understanding the concept of phronesis and creating a theoretically viable instrument to measure it, the instrument originally designed by the Centre, the […]
Phronesis: Using an Aristotelian Model as a Research Tool
The present report complements a previous report that described findings from a project on phronesis (practical wisdom), conducted in the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues in 2018–2020 (Kristjánsson et al., 2020). The previous report explored the conceptual contours of phronesis and proposed a four componential model (Aristotelian Phronesis Model: APM) based on different functions […]
Phronesis: Developing a Conceptualisation and an Instrument
According to Aristotelian character developmental theory, young people who have acquired the right moral traits through habituation and role modelling need gradually to develop the intellectual virtue of phronesis, or practical wisdom, to guide their decision making; otherwise, their moral life will be fragmented, uncritical and lacking in intrinsic value. The upsurge of interest in […]
Educating Cyber-Wisdom
Cyber-wisdom is defined in this report as the ability to do the right thing at the right time, when using online digital technologies. It is a virtue that helps users to maximise online opportunities and minimise online risks. The task of educating cyber-wisdom in children and adolescence relies on joint efforts from multiple stakeholders, including […]
A Cyber-Wisdom Approach to Digital Citizenship Education
For many children, the Internet has improved their lives; it has offered them opportunities for entertainment, work, socialisation and active participation in society. However, it has also exposed them to risks, including, most prominently, privacy constraints, misinformation, identity theft, inappropriate content, online abuse, cyberbullying and grooming. In an age in which children are both the […]
Phronesis
Project Overview The Psychological Development of Character: Emotion, Identity and Phronesis project aimed to investigate the factors that motivate moral action in adolescents. Specifically, the project focussed on the ‘gappiness problem’; addressing what bridges the gap between virtue literacy (knowledge of virtues) and virtuous moral action (acting in a virtuous way). Existing theories of moral action suggest […]