Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science

Guido Caniglia (), R. Freeth, C. Luederitz, J. Leventon, S. P. West, B. John, D. Peukert, D. J. Lang, H. Wehrden, B. Martín-López, I. Fazey, F. Russo, T. Wirth, M. Schlüter and C. Vogel
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Guido Caniglia: Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
R. Freeth: Reos Partners
C. Luederitz: Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
J. Leventon: Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CzechGlobe
S. P. West: Stockholm University
B. John: Adelphi
D. Peukert: Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences
D. J. Lang: Leuphana University of Lüneburg
H. Wehrden: Leuphana University of Lüneburg
B. Martín-López: Leuphana University of Lüneburg
I. Fazey: University of York
F. Russo: University of Amsterdam
T. Wirth: Erasmus University Rotterdam
M. Schlüter: Stockholm University
C. Vogel: University of Witwatersrand

Nature Sustainability, 2023, vol. 6, issue 5, 493-501

Abstract: Abstract Since antiquity, philosophers in the Western tradition of virtue ethics have declared practical wisdom to be the central virtue of citizens involved in public and social life. Practical wisdom is of particular importance when values are conflicting, power is unequal and knowledge uncertain. We propose that practical wisdom and virtue ethics can inform the practice of sustainability researchers by strengthening their capacity to engage with the normative complexities of knowledge co-production when aspiring to contribute to transformative change.

Date: 2023
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