Wisdom as Learning from Life Experiences: Affective Forecasting for Benevolent and Selfish Behaviors: Difference between revisions

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==Wisdom is ...==
==Wisdom is defined along three components==
 
;<b>Accurate affective forecasts</b> :correctly predicting one’s emotional reactions following one’s moral decisions.
 
 


Wisdom includes three components:
# Accurate affective forecasts: correctly predicting one’s emotional reactions following one’s moral decisions.
# Accurate interpersonal affective forecasts: accurately predicting the emotional reactions of others to one’s moral choices. This is an important component of many traditional definitions of wisdom, but has been largely neglected empirically.  
# Accurate interpersonal affective forecasts: accurately predicting the emotional reactions of others to one’s moral choices. This is an important component of many traditional definitions of wisdom, but has been largely neglected empirically.  
# Applying this knowledge: choosing benevolent (over hurtful) actions because they will yield the greatest positive affect both for the self and for others.
# Applying this knowledge: choosing benevolent (over hurtful) actions because they will yield the greatest positive affect both for the self and for others.

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