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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 2 --Are We Digging Our Ecological Crypt?

    by GulliverReturns ...
    This book briefly examines some of the changes included in the reality of climate change. Climate change is just one of the problems brought on by overpopulation. ... Read more

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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 7 A Visit to Indus

    by GulliverReturns ...
    This is the third country that the commander visits. While the first two were very rich, Indus is very poor. However its president is working to educate the population. He has some unusual ideas about how the whole population can be educated quickly, including simplification of English to make it more readily understandable. An American, service, Mrs. Doors, is helping this developing country. ... Read more

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  • "...and Gulliver Returns" Book 4 A Look at Human Values

    by GulliverReturns ...
    Commander Gulliver meets with Professor Wang from Kino University where they discuss the foundations of our value thinking. Our non-provable basic assumptions as well as the sources of evidence that we might use in making our value opinions. They discuss the pros and cons of many value questions, including: abortion, illegal immigration, euthanasia, gay marriage and others. ... Read more

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  • Book 9 A Libertarian Paradise

    by GulliverReturns ...
    Cmdr. Gulliver and his friends visit The United Colonies, a libertarian paradise. Here they see that taxes are low, people must pay for what they want. Estate taxes are high while income tax and sales tax are low. Freedom is supreme but is tempered by responsibility.Equality of opportunity is essential and every person is expected to produce. While sales taxes and income taxes are very low, the ... Read more

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  • Justice--Liberty or Equality

    by GulliverReturns ...
    After visiting The Colonies, the libertarian paradise, Commander. Gulliver and his friends meet a professor to talk about what is justice for a society. The ideas of justice rest on the three basic assumptions for our values as discussed in book 4. But another continuum needs to be addressed when looking at justice in a society. This deals with the equality to liberty continuum. The first question ... Read more

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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 6 Our Psychological Motivations

    by GulliverReturns ...
    in visiting Singaling question of how we are psychologically motivated came up. Dr. Chan, a professor of psychology at the University of Singaling pointing out some of the major theories of motivation, such as Freud's pleasure principle and Adler's power drive ideas. Understanding over psychological motivations and our values, as examined in Book 4, give us an understanding of how people think. ... Read more

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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 8 Politics--the Science of the Possible

    by GulliverReturns ...
    Dr. Singh of the university assists the commander and his friends to see how people are motivated through political techniques-- such as fear, violence, sympathy, lying,etc. Our values and psychological motivations are used by others to manipulate us and by us to manipulate others. What techniques might be best to move people to do something about global warming and overpopulation? ... Read more

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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 3 A Visit to Kino

    by GulliverReturns ...
    Book 3 is the first book chronicling a new voyage by Cmdr. Gulliver and his friends. Kino is a former province of China that has been given great financial support by China and Saudi Arabia to develop pollution free energy and clean water technology. It is the world's most modern area. Among its accomplishments is a comprehensive method of licensing parents to guarantee the children a good life. ... Read more

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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling

    by GulliverReturns ...
    This is the second country visited by the commander and his friends. There are similarities to Singapore but it is more advanced. Singaling also licenses parents with somewhat different requirements than does Kino. ... Read more

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