Supplement to DEMOCRACY, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT GOOD ARE THEY? * **

By Dan Lyons, Peter Lang Press, published in 2000.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

·       Comments & Illustrations on Topics in CH.1: WHAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE?

·       **NEW** Text of Chapter 2: CHANGES, ACTIONS & POWERS IN A DOWNHILL WORLD **NEW**

·       Comments & Illustrations on Topics in CH.2: CHANGES, ACTIONS & POWERS IN A DOWNHILL WORLD (updated September 2000).

·       Comments & Illustrations on Topics in CH3: AUTONOMY AND AUTHORITY

·       Comments & Illustrations on Topics in CH4: DEMOCRACY

·       Comments & Illustrations on Topics in CH5: LIBERTIES AND COERCIONS

·       Comments & Illustrations on Topics in CH6: 'LIBERTARIANISM' AND REDISTRIBUTION

·       APPENDIX ON OSFA (MODIFIED UTILITARIAN THEORY)

·       COMMENTS,ETC. ON APPENDIX.

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* Of course these are Lyons' opinions, not necessarily those of anyone else at this school.

** Lyons freely admits in the book that as a philosopher he is not trained to assess empirical claims professionally. He cites claims and studies referred to in the Press just to illustrate his philosophical claims; therefore he has not bothered to document them carefully. He invites professional scientists and social scientists to investigate these claims, as being specially relevant in evaluating the staggering powers and wide freedoms now available to American leaders and populace.