Liberty, Dicta and Force

Introduction

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

The Introduction to Liberty, Dicta and Force by Louis E. Carabini. Pages 7–18 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 1. The Political Box

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini explains why so many people remain trapped in a political box, holding firmly to the illusion that politics and government serve a beneficial social function. Pages 19–24 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 2. Barbaric Civility

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini discusses the duality of standards of conduct in which people condone dastardly conduct in public (political) matters that they would never think of using in their personal affairs. Pages 25–28 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 3. Doing Good: Nice Guys Finish First

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini explains the selfish nature of living organisms and the natural selection of human cooperation over force as a more adaptive behavior for surviving and propagating. Pages 29–40 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 4. Fairness and Equality

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini discusses the nonsense and divisiveness of the political use of “fairness” and “equality” to disguise acts of inhumanity as moral in order to gain votes and power, while reducing the potential welfare of all. Pages 41–54 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 5. Discrimination, Beliefs, and Expressions

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini explains the importance of discrimination and how political laws prohibiting selective associations — as well as disassociations — are inhumane. The nonpolitical world is an individual one where relationships are voluntary, joint ventures based on preferences. Pages 55–62 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 6. Tragedy of the Commons and Human Behavior

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini explains how individuals achieve results that are “better than rational” when seeking ways to manage the resources of the commons, and how government intervention only obstructs the process. Pages 63–74 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 7. Obedience to Authority

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini discusses the degree to which the most compassionate people can become desensitized and conduct themselves in abhorrent ways when they are obedient to authority. Pages 75–82 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 8. Complexity, Adaption, and Order: Visualing the Invisible Hand

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini explains the multifaceted, revolutionary new science of complexity theory (also called chaos theory) that shows why the political top-down ordering of society is disruptive to social order. Pages 83–100 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 9. Political Democracy

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini explores the inherent inhumanity of political democracy as a social scheme in which common sense and goodwill are scorned and individual predation upon others is praised. Pages 101–108 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.

Chapter 10. A Better Life — A Better World

Louis E. Carabini — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600

Carabini concludes, and considers finding purpose in life while trying to make the world a better place. Pages 109–112 in the text. Narrated by Daniel Bennett.