Wisdom and Value-Fulfillment

Practical wisdom is the answer to the question: How best shall one live?

The Value Fulfillment Theory states that wisdom is the skill sets, dispositions, and policies that help us understand and make use of the means and ends to live. This includes the capacity to see and refine one’s values, along with the traits of self-awareness, open-mindedness, humility, and perspective.

The Value Fulfillment theory assumes that most people have different values, but are the same at a universal level. Human nature can be simplified by taking the most common values and perspectives on what a good life should be.

Individuals struggle, and through their personal journey of pain, suffering, misery, and other colors of life, experience real growth and are in the right mindset to grapple with the essential question of life. Without the journey, the questions are mere theory, and would not be actively confronted by most people.