Table of Contents
The Freedom Scale (book)
The Freedom Scale
An Accurate Measure of Left and Right
By Christopher Cook
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Title Page and Dedication
I. Preface
II. Introduction
Part 1
Left and Right
Chapter 1: What the Right Is
Conservatism
Libertarianism
Chapter 2: What the Left Says the Right Is
Liberté, égalité, la droite, et la gauche
The Great Switcheroo
Chapter 3: No, Virginia, Fascism Is Not 'Right-Wing'
Origins: Fascism and Nazism
Fascism/Nazism vs. orthodox leftism
Part 2
Today’s Spectrums
The Useless, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 4: Relative Spectrums
Spectrums based on political rivalry
Spectrums based on opposition to the left
Spectrums based on stance relative to change
Spectrums based on political rivalry, reprise
Chapter 5: Prejudicial Spectrums
The ultimate whacking stick: ‘The Right’ = Fascism
Metrics of calumny
Circle spectrums
Chapter 6: Multi-Dimensional Spectrums
Cartesian (two-axis) charts
Other multi-dimensional charts
Part 3
The Ground on Which We Stand
Chapter 7: Who Are We?
Individualism
Collectivism: dangerous and unnatural
The best of both worlds
Chapter 8: What Makes Us Us?
Reason
Free will
Infinity
Chapter 9: What Makes Us Us, Part 2: Are We Good?
Morality
Are we good?
More than just a human thing?
Chapter 10: Who Is the Boss of You?
Authority
Ontological equality
Chapter 11: What Is Ours?
Rights basics
Chapter 12: What Is Ours, Part 2: Observing Rights
Category 1: Natural
Category 2: Beneficial
Chapter 13: What Is Ours, Part 3: Defining Rights
Category 3: Moral
Category 4: Practical
Chapter 14: What Do We Owe to Others?
A Taxonomy of Rights
Out on the fringes…
The Sweet Spot
Part 4
The World in Which We Live
Chapter 15: What Do We Want?
A Taxonomy of Motivations
The opinions of others
Chapter 16: How Do We Get It?
Thrivalism
Thrival categories
A Taxonomy of Force
Chapter 17: Where Are We?
The state
Non-state
What kind of world?
Moving towards statehood
Part 5
The Freedom Scale
An accurate measure of left and right
Chapter 18: Where Do We Want to Be?
The Unit of Measure
What we valorize
Our deepest (political) fears
Degrees of left and right
Chapter 19: Using the Scale
A quick review…
One dimension or two?
Using the Scale for general analysis
Issues
Dichotomies
Chapter 20: Using the Scale, Part 2
The story so far…
Provenance of the left
Provenance of the right
Conclusion: The Fifth Revolution
A Revolutionary Pattern
I disagree that libertarianism is necessarily on the right. Most 19th century libertarians were anarcho-collectivists. Presumably you'd call them leftists. On my graph individualist libertarianism is at or near the bottom right directly opposite authoritarian collectivism. I'll answer questions about this elsewhere.
I like the chapter titles, I'm excited about the first release.