I think perhaps the most important thing we could do, though, would be to aspire to becoming more well-rounded humans ourselves.
I agree with this, but the frame “well-rounded human being” seems to incorporate an assumption that something is “wrong” with rational people that is “right” with others, and I want to question that.
...”well-rounded human being” seems to incorporate an assumption that something is “wrong” with rational people that is “right” with others...
I would say, not wrong but insufficient. I like the distinction that virtue ethics makes: sophia is wisdom in the sense of thinking correctly about facts, whereas phronesis is practical wisdom; i.e., “doing the right things, to the right people, at the right time.”
I agree with this, but the frame “well-rounded human being” seems to incorporate an assumption that something is “wrong” with rational people that is “right” with others, and I want to question that.
I would say, not wrong but insufficient. I like the distinction that virtue ethics makes: sophia is wisdom in the sense of thinking correctly about facts, whereas phronesis is practical wisdom; i.e., “doing the right things, to the right people, at the right time.”