Introduction Ideas for a Free Society

Welcome to Ideas for a Free Society

About the "Ideas for a Free Society" CD
The contents of the CD are not intended to be a comprehensive review of the literature of the subject, which is enormous. Instead, the CD contains a selection of contributions by some of the primary scholars and thinkers who have developed ideas which relate to the free society. Their contributions explain some of the general intellectual concepts and challenges, and the application of these ideas to public policy. The Editors hope that the selections included on the CD will inspire readers to consider the advantages of the free society, to further investigate the wide array of literature on these topics, and even to put these ideas into practice.

The texts on this CD do not claim to be a comprehensive survey of all the literature about freedom. They are offered as a collection to stimulate and challenge the reader who it is hoped will measure the ideas in them against those they find from other sources.

In the context of this CD the term 'liberal' means to support the free market economy, limited government and individual freedom.

Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation who supported the production of this CD with a grant and to The Earhart Foundation for providing additional funding for the purchase of some of the copyrights. Many people contributed to the production of this CD in various ways and particularly by suggesting texts for consideration.

Linda Whetstone and Eben Wilson selected the texts, wrote the connecting texts, edited and formatted the resources on the CD. Andrea Rich helped with advice particularly with regard to getting copyrights. Wolfgang Kasper provided invaluable advice and Kendra Okonski and Julian Morris provided both support and editorial input. Some of the selections were chosen and edited by David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer www.libertarianism.org and editor of The Libertarian Reader

Copyright of resources on the CD and on this website

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The texts on this CD and website have varied copyright restrictions.

1) Some of them are in the public domain. You may copy and re-distribute these in any form that you choose.

2) Others are reproduced under licence which restricts what you may do with them. In general, you may print them out for your own use, for academic study or review. The licences we have obtained come in two forms:

a) Some texts are marked "This work may not be reproduced for further distribution without prior permission of the publisher." The general constraint is that you may not re-publish the work for monetary gain. However, you may copy extracts for academic and personal study.

b) Some texts are marked "You may not copy this text without the express permission of the copyright holder".

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