ABSTRACT
One would not be wrong to think that the basis for the good on Aristotle’s view is action. The questions raised in this chapter are those concerned with practical reason or wisdom – an answer to the question “What do I need to do now as a practitioner?” In this chapter I wish to present an argument that supports a form of critical inquiry which has emerged during the last fifty years and the processes which underpin that form of praxis and its philosophical justification as an argument for the superiority of action research over the flawed virtues of objectivist positivism. Action research aims at improving the quality of choices and human action in social settings and therefore improving a practical situation.
