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

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==Wisdom is defined along three components==
==Wisdom is defined along three components==


;<b>Accurate affective forecasts</b> :correctly predicting one’s emotional reactions following one’s moral decisions.  
;<b>Accurate affective forecasts</b> : Predicting correctly one’s emotional reactions following one’s moral decisions.  


;<b>Accurate interpersonal affective forecasts</b> : Predicting accurately 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.


 
;<b>Applying this knowledge</b> : Choosing benevolent (over hurtful) actions because they will yield the greatest positive affect both for the self and for others.
# 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.


==Summary Points==
==Summary Points==

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