The Western Democratic Tradition
From "Australian Decline" by LJM Cooray (c 1985)

Prologue
Preface
Introduction
Values & Institutions
Reform Ideas
Freedom
3 Fundamentals
Economic Freedom
Limitations on
Government
Government
Undermined
Limits on Legislature
Individual
Responsibility
Rights & Duties
Moral & Spiritual Roots
Making The "New Man"
Communism
& Democratic Socialism
Experience of Mankind
Undermining Freedom
& Responsibility
Critical Spirit
Failure to Invest in Ideas
"Here's-a-Problem"
Mentality
Reformist Ethos
No Promise of a Utopia
Reform Movements
Utopians:
Coercive v Liberal
Better Future
Christianity
Liberalism & Tradition
Bondage to
Freedom & Back
Epitaph
Exportability of Tradition
Epilogue