Sammanfattning
Care is a fundamental precondition, as well as a common and well-established notion which has significant impact both on life in general and on professional practice. Humans engage in relations of interdependency: without care we are damaged, life falls apart. Care in professional contexts is manifested through the application of competent appraisal and the exercise of discernment. Professions use different kinds of knowledge; theoretical expertise, practical know-how and discerning judgement. Acumen or discerning judgement creates links between different kinds of knowledge and the relevant professional situation, or between the universal and the particular. Drawing on the philosophy of K.E. Løgstrup and of Chr. Norberg-Schulz, the authors explore and discuss care as a fundamental precondition, while the philosophy of Aristotle and of H.-G. Gadamer provide the starting point for a discussion of professional discernment.