The Westen Democratic Tradition
by Professor L.J.M. Cooray
Preface 14 The Cumulative Experience of Mankind
Introduction 15 The Evolutionary Balance Undermined
1 The Original Values and Institutions 16 The Critical Spirit
2The Reform Ideas 17 The Failure to Invest in Ideas
3 Freedom 18"Here's a problem, we must do something"
4The Three Interconnected Fundamentals 19. The Effects of the Reformist Ethos
5.Economic Freedom 20. No Promise of a Utopia
6. Limitations on Power of Government 21. Modern Reform Movements
7Limited Government Undermined22 The Coercive versus the Liberal Utopian
8Limits on the power of the legislature 23 A Better Future for Mankind
9 Law based on individual responsibility 24.Christianity, Liberalism and Tradition
10 Rights and duties - the old order and the new25From Bondage to Freedom and Back
11 The moral and spiritual roots 26 An Epitaph
12 The attempt to create a "new man"27 The Exportability of the Tradition
13. Communism and democratic socialism 28. Epilogue
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