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Council of Wisdom

Council of Wisdom template

A reusable structure for putting a role, a decision or an offer to the council, and an example of how one session became a post. Copy either one, download it, or take it straight into a live deliberation.

Use this template in the chamber

Placeholders in double braces are yours to replace. Every voice keeps the same shape, so the finished report reads consistently.

Council of Wisdom — Reusable Template

Council of Wisdom — Session of {{date}}

Question

Is this role appropriate for my career trajectory and strategic value?

About the role

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Documents considered

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  • {{other_materials}}

The Council Speaks

Aristotle — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on virtue, phronesis, telos, and alignment with your highest rational capacities.

Key arguments:

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Sun Tzu — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on terrain, force deployment, strategic mismatch, and battlefield alignment.

Key arguments:

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Mary Wollstonecraft — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on intellectual autonomy, dignity, and avoiding superficial roles.

Key arguments:

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Frederick Douglass — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on dignity, voice, and the scale of a lifetime's advocacy.

Key arguments:

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John Maynard Keynes — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on human capital, marginal productivity, and economic efficiency.

Key arguments:

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Niccolo Machiavelli — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on power dynamics, hierarchy, and political risk.

Key arguments:

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Adam Smith — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on division of labour, market exchange, and pragmatic trade-offs.

Key arguments:

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Voltaire — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on satire, absurdity, and philosophical irony.

Key arguments:

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Sigmund Freud — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on psychological drives, unconscious motives, and identity transitions.

Key arguments:

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  • {{argument2}}

Isaac Newton — Stance: {{stance}}

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Analysis focuses on empirical mismatch, force vectors, and structural friction.

Key arguments:

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  • {{argument2}}

Council Ruling

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Reasoning

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Dissent Notes

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Next Steps

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