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Wisdom As A Moral Virtue

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Nurturing Morality

Part of the book series: Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives ((IICL,volume 5))

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Some years ago, RJS gave a graduate student really rotten advice. This graduate student had received two job offers, one from a very highly prestigious academic institution and the other from a less prestigious one. The second one was well known, but the first one was near the top of the academic pecking order. The graduate student asked RJS which job offer he thought she should take.

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  1. Robert J. Sternberg
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  2. Steven E. Stemler
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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Theresa A. Thorkildsen  & Herbert J. Walberg  & 

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Sternberg, R.J., Stemler, S.E. (2004). Wisdom As A Moral Virtue. In: Thorkildsen, T.A., Walberg, H.J. (eds) Nurturing Morality. Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4163-6_11

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