Axiomtheoreticalv1
Human well-being consists of multiple distinct capabilities
Human well-being consists of multiple distinct capabilities that are not fungible.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Sen's capability approach taken as a framework assumption. It establishes that different dimensions of human flourishing cannot be traded off against each other using a single metric. This is theoretical rather than empirical—it's an accepted model the curriculum uses.
Source Lessons
L-1518
Competing goods
Often the hardest value decisions are between two good things not between good and bad.
L-1600
An integrated meaning framework is the crowning achievement of personal epistemology
Everything in this curriculum leads to and is unified by a coherent framework for making life meaningful.