BOOK III · VOLUME 3 · LUC ARDEN
The Way to Liberty — Volume 3: State & Justice
Volume 3 of The Way to Liberty is the institutional heart of the experiment. Luc Arden imagines the rules of a society from the beginning, covering justice, taxation, education, healthcare, public administration, the environment and the prevention of war.
A READER’S GUIDE
Inside a fictional institutional world
Its twenty-four thematic sections ask what accountability means when power is exercised through institutions, how justice might remain accessible and how public resources could be protected. The proposals range from broad principles to detailed hypothetical systems.
The book also considers the role of AI in public administration and legal processes. Fictional technology such as PHAOS may assist analysis, but the author maintains an important distinction between support and independent authority to decide a person’s fate.
Taken together, the three volumes of Book III form a substantial fictional social thought experiment, with more than four thousand rules, principles and proposals. Familiar concerns sit beside topics rarely treated together—autonomous robots, implants, digital identity and limits on AI power. Its value lies in the scope of the questions, not in claiming that every answer is definitive.
The numbered proposals of The Way to Liberty belong to the fictional world of Libertalia; they are not legislation in force.
Selected articles from the book
Explore every thematic section in this volume (24)
- DEMOCRACY
- ECONOMY AND PROPERTY
- SOCIAL SUPPORT, WORK AND PROTECTION FROM FRAUD
- RULES OF POLITICAL HONESTY, ELECTION PLEDGES AND AUTOMATIC SUCCESSION
- SUPPLEMENTARY RULES FOR ELECTION PROMISES AND ECONOMIC SUBSTANTIATION
- EDUCATION
- HEALTH
- WORK, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND PENSIONS
- PUBLIC WORKS AND CORRUPTION
- ENVIRONMENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
- PEACE AND AGGRESSIVE WAR
- NEW STATE AND DEMOCRACY: ANTI-TYRANNY, ELECTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- A STATE THAT HELPS: TAXATION AND CORRECTION BEFORE PUNISHMENT
- NEW ECONOMY: LIBERTO, PUBLIC MONEY, INVESTMENTS AND BUSINESSES
- ESSENTIAL GOODS: HEALTH, PRICES AND THE PUBLIC CORE
- KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSION WITHOUT BORDERS
- PLANET, FOOD, NATURE AND RESILIENCE
- INFORMATION, MEDIA AND THE DIGITAL PUBLIC SPACE
- PEACE, DEFENCE, WAR AND CONTINUITY OF STATE
- WARTIME CONTINUITY OF STATE AND EMERGENCY DEFENCE
- FREEDOM OF LIFE AND LAND
- FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROHIBITION AND TRANSPARENCY OF INTERVENTIONS IN WEATHER AND THE ATMOSPHERE
- FRAMEWORK FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY OF RESEARCH AND NATURAL WEALTH
- GLOBAL REGISTRY OF EXTRACTIVE COMPANIES AND GIS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
