Vidas logradas
Abstract
The concept of a fulfilled life in the work of Alejandro Llano Cifuentes highlight as the core of his philosophy of education and his personalist anthropology. Inspired by the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition, Llano conceives of a fulfilled life not as an abstract ideal, but as existential fulfillment in which truth, goodness, and freedom converge. This ethical horizon is based on a comprehensive understanding of the person as a unique being, endowed with interiority and transcendent openness, whose fulfillment is achieved through responsible freedom and the cultivation of virtues. In the face of biological or functionalist reductionism, Llano defends the ontological depth of the human being, emphasizing the vocational dimension of existence: each life is called to be realized in a unique and coherent way. He also argues that the contemporary university, trapped in technocracy and the fragmentation of knowledge, requires a normative anthropology that restores the formative mission of educating for fulfillment. In dialogue with authors such as Aristotle, MacIntyre, Nussbaum, and Taylor, Llano proposes an educational philosophy that integrates interiority, community, and transcendence. Thus, the fulfilled life becomes an ethical and educational compass capable of guiding university education toward human flourishing and the common good.