Navigator, April, 2001

Commentaries:

The Corruption of Democracy
It is not money that is corrupting American democracy, says TOC’s executive director, David Kelley. It is the collectivist philosophy underlying many contemporary views of democracy.

Cloning: Toward a New Conception of Humanity?
Though science has not progressed to the point where a human can be safely cloned, things are quickly moving in that direction. And the debate over whether a human should be cloned, says Patrick Stephens, TOC’s manager of current affairs, will help shape the future definition of humanity.

Articles & Reviews:

Lands of Liberty
Navigator’s fourth annual survey of world freedom looks at the current state of liberty in 192 countries. Along the way, it asks some questions that may help libertarians analyse the condition of freedom in their own countries: What are the best criteria for measuring liberty? What characteristics are possessed by the elite countries of the Free World, and in what degree? How closely correlated are the values of political freedom and civil liberty? How does a country’s political-civil freedom correlate with economic liberty? And how does a country’s political-civil freedom correlate with the smallness of its government?

Logbook:

The World of "Atlas Shrugged" Is Released
Scripted by The Objectivist Center’s Robert James Bidinotto, The World of "Atlas Shrugged" is an audio companion to Ayn Rand’s masterpiece that will soon be available in bookstores.

Other Logbook items:
Update on Missle Defense
Sponsors Dinner Will Celebrate TOC's Future
Last Call for Summer Seminar
Basic Principles To Be Reissued
At the Center
Sightings of Camp Indecon, The Atlas Economic Research Foundation, The Claremont Institute, Pioneer Institute, and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.