Virtue ethics traditions from Aristotle through Pellegrino ground clinical judgment in cultivated phronesis, making epistemic and motivational failures analytically inseparable, not distinct problem types.
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Motivational failures(as used in analyzing clinical judgment)
Failures in having the right desires, intentions, or drive to do what you know is correct.
Pellegrino(as a contemporary virtue ethicist)
Edmund Pellegrino (1920-2013), a modern medical ethicist who applied virtue ethics to healthcare and clinical decision-making.
Virtue ethics(in philosophy)
An approach to ethics focused on developing good character traits (virtues like courage or honesty) rather than following rules or calculating outcomes.
cultivated(describing how dispositions are formed)
Developed and improved over time through practice and training, rather than something you're born with naturally.
phronesis(Aristotelian notion as employed by Arendt)
Practical wisdom exercised by a few experienced individuals (the phronimoi) who have demonstrated judiciousness in practical matters over time; validity rests on their experience and past record of judicious actions.