Editing Wisdom (section)

== Educational perspectives ==
[[Education in the United States|Public schools in the U.S.]] sometimes nod at "[[character education]]" which would include training in wisdom.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=U.S. Department of Education|date=31 May 2005|title=Character education: our shared responsibility|url=https://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/character/brochure.html}}</ref>

=== Maxwell's educational philosophy ===
{{See also|Nicholas Maxwell}}

Nicholas Maxwell, a philosopher in the United Kingdom, believes [[academia]] ought to alter its focus from the acquisition of knowledge to seeking and promoting wisdom.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Nicholas Maxwell|first=Nicholas|last=Maxwell|year=2007|title=From Knowledge to Wisdom: A Revolution for Science and the Humanities|publisher=Pentire Press}}</ref> This he defines as the capacity to realize what is of value in life, for oneself and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/friends-of-wisdom|title=Friends of Wisdom|website=University College London|date=21 February 2019 |quote=an association of people sympathetic to the idea that academic inquiry should help humanity acquire more wisdom by rational means}}</ref> He teaches that new knowledge and technological [[know-how]] increase our power to act. Without wisdom though, Maxwell claims this new knowledge may cause human harm as well as human good. He argues that the pursuit of knowledge is indeed valuable and good, but that it should be considered a part of the broader task of improving wisdom.<ref>{{citation|url=https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1709/|title=Can Humanity Learn to become Civilized? The Crisis of Science without Civilization|first=Nicholas|last=Maxwell|year=2000}}</ref>