Government and Freedom: the Power to Decide

John Locke's "Two Treatises on Civil Government" was published in 1690. That work provided the philosophical basis underlying the United States Constitution. Locke's philosophy dealt with natural law and civil power. All forms of power, in fact, are subject to scientific laws which govern the exercise of and the evolution of that power. There have been no writings in the 322 years from 1690 to today which make the leap from philosophy to science.

Fifty-one years of observing, deducing, testing and refining conclusions has accomplished that leap. "Government and Freedom: The Power to Decide" reveals the ways in which power evolves and the body of scientific laws which govern it. This is a primer on power. It is tersely written and easy to read.

After reading this book you will see history, government, economics, military science, social conflict, international affairs, religion and all other forms of human decision making structures with new insight and with new understanding of how decision events fit into human progress.

"Power," like "matter" and "energy," is unlimited in form and in effect. A macro-view of human history reveals clear definitional roots of "power," "government," and "freedom." From those roots grow macro-deductions about the scientific laws which govern "power," the genera of powers, the interrelations of power, government, freedom, and the interdependent evolutions of each.

The author was a law student when a wrong answer to a right question triggered the search for the answers in this book. He is now emeritus and retired. He has worn many hats that require the exercise of powers to decide during the half century plus between those two dates. He has seen many evolutions of nations, societies, economies, technologies, knowledges, and-- let the list go on-- in that time. He has seen how all fit within the science of "power."