4/5 stars"All at once， prudence helps mine the past， build the present， and secure the future。 It weighs past experience， draws from the wisdom of others， perfects our instincts， refines our judgments， disciplines our thinking， looks down the road， anticipates the unforeseen， and improvises when necessary。 Prudence is the virtue that perfects practical reason in all of its ins and outs。 It's an excellence for the way， suiting us beautifully to a life on the way。"I heard Fr。 Pine speak about his 4/5 stars"All at once， prudence helps mine the past， build the present， and secure the future。 It weighs past experience， draws from the wisdom of others， perfects our instincts， refines our judgments， disciplines our thinking， looks down the road， anticipates the unforeseen， and improvises when necessary。 Prudence is the virtue that perfects practical reason in all of its ins and outs。 It's an excellence for the way， suiting us beautifully to a life on the way。"I heard Fr。 Pine speak about his book on a podcast recently and I decided to try it out on my Kindle since the paperback version is not available yet （at the time of my writing this）。 This book serves as kind of a crash-course in virtue ethics， with a focus on the virtue of prudence。 I appreciated the way Fr。 Pine structured the book， leading the reader through stages of understanding。 He also made a lot of important distinctions along the way--for example， between conscience and prudence。 One section I liked a lot talked about how prudence has an element of boldness to it。 A person growing in prudence is not always going to get it right from the very beginning， and one must take risks in order to grow and learn。 Fr。 Pine also had a great section on the sacrament of Confession and how it allows us to grow in prudence。 I think I may revisit this book in the future to get a better understanding of it all。 。。。more