Freedom as a Social Project

Overview

Curriculum

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Introduction
1.1 - Course overview
1.2 - About the author and references
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Foundations of freedom
2.1 - The human facts behind freedom and property
2.2 - Freedom of expression, freedom of the press and free education
2.3 - Property and freedom of work
2.4 - Non-aggression, respect for property and peace
2.5 - The factual contradictions of constraint systems
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History of freedom
3.1 - Prehistoric man and primitive communism
3.2 - The ancient raison d'être of slavery, serfdom and political authority
3.3 - Emancipating technical and intellectual progress
3.4 - History at a glance
3.5 - The new circumstances of the 21st century
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How freedom works
4.1 - The ability to govern oneself
4.2 - Production and contracts
4.3 - The role of profits and prices
4.4 - Self-interest, innovation and progress
4.5 - Harmony of interests and peace
4.6 - The different varieties of unfreedom
4.7 - Replacing contract with policy
4.8 - Power through taxation and monetary manipulation
4.9 - The different variants of protectionism
4.10 - The eternal failure of unfreedom
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Sophisms of unfreedom
5.1 - Intellectual sophistry: false definitions of freedom
5.2 - The democratic fallacy: guardianship of guardians
5.3 - The economic fallacy: work as a goal, not a means
5.4 - The social fallacy: social classes and capitalist exploitation
5.5 - The international fallacy: national property before private property
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Philosophy of liberalism
6.1 - Freedom of contract and employment
6.2 - Reduced state powers
6.3 - The liberal alternative to the welfare state
6.4 - Individual autonomy and collective self-defence
6.5 - Freedom rooted in human facts
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Final section
7.1 - Reviews & Ratings
7.2 - Final examination
7.3 - Conclusion