关键词: 智慧, 美德, 合理性

Abstract: Various moral problems newly arising from society demand the replies from ethics. But the view from the apply side-ethics or moral philosophy-is just unsatisfactory. There is, it would seem, a gravitational pull to theacademicising of even the most practical of issues, and ethics is still pursuedby many specialists as a value-free enquiry employing language of extreme technical obscurity. In order to understand the deep divisions between serious moral concerns in the real world and morally detached position-taking in philosophy, and within philosophy between the pursuit of wisdom on the one hand, and the desire for a show of ethical expertise on the other, it would be useful to trace backto the origins of Western philosophy and have a look at the historical understanding of wisdom, its relation to virtue and rationality, and how different wisdoms are indeed needed.

Key words: wisdom, virtue, rationality