实践智慧在二十一世纪(上)

Prudence是为了实现好的行为和政治的可持续性而适用于处理偶然性的那种智识。要将prudence复原为与晚近现代之狂妄自大不同的另一种选择,人们应该考虑到,它那些与众不同的特征是如何反映出人类行为的深刻困境的。这些特征通过用以界定实践智慧话语的历史、理论、实践、结构、品质和观众等方面而得以鉴别,它们在本杂志(《现代哲学》)中分成两部分来陈述。这第一部分强调了偶然性、多元性和实践性这几个条件,并且通过对其规范的、计虑的和施行的这些表达方式的阐述来界定实践智慧。明智(审慎)的行动者就是这样的人,他平衡着各种不可通约之善、洞悉着各种可能的行动方略,以及用一种适当及适时的方式与他人进行着互动协作。

Prudence In The Twenty-First Century

Prudence is the intelligence suited to managing contingency on behalf of good action and political sustainability. In order to recuperate prudence as an alternative to late-modern hubris, one should consider how its distinctive features reflect deep predicaments of human action. These features are identified through the history, theory, practice, structure, character, and audiences defining prudential discourse, and are set out in two installments in this journal. This first installment emphasizes conditions of contingency, plurality, and praxis, and defines prudence in terms of its normative, calculative, and performative articulations. The prudent actor is one who balances incomensurable goods, discerns probable courses of action, and interacts with others in an appropriate and timely manner.