Tact: Sense, sensitivity, and virtueFootnote∗

I am grateful to John Landau, who first introduced me to the subject of tact, to Immanuel Linder, who directed my attention to some important references, and to Gilead Bar‐elli, whose incisive critical comments forced me to rethink and to revise some of my views.

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