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On the professionalization of philosophical counselling in a world dominated by the pandemic crisis
On the professionalization of philosophical counselling in a world dominated by the pandemic crisis

Author(s): Florin Lobonț
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Asociatia Practicienilor in Consiliere, Filosofie si Etică
Keywords: philosophical practice;philosophical counselling; philosophy’s social utility; phronesis;

Summary/Abstract: Having been invented in ancient Greece especially as a way of coping with,and even gaining advantage of,personal and collective crises faced by people, philosophical counsellingseen as phronesis –practical wisdom–has been relaunchedfour decades ago under the need of philosophy to retrieve, in modern form, its original social utility. The current pandemic represents a time of multiple distress and unease that philosophy under the diverse facets of its counselling potential, is fully capable of addressing in complementarity with other forms of help.

  • Issue Year: 1/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-27
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English