From the primary biological interests of every person, which are (1) a peaceful, gentle passage into non-existence and (2) before that, optimal sexual experience, can be derived two secondary, social values. The social values are secondary because their justification lies in the fact that for each individual member of a society, they facilitate the realization of the primary, biological values.
The two social values are safety and freedom. While each of these secondary values is cross-related to each of the primary values, safety relates more strongly to the gentle death value than to the optimal sexual experience value, and freedom more strongly to the optimal sexual experience value than to the gentle death value.
Furthermore, the two secondary, social values of safety and freedom are better suited than the principal philosophical values to form the ideological backbone of everyday political activism. Emphasizing social values instead of philosophical ones also is better suited for forming political united fronts. Everybody understands the values of safety and freedom, even those whose philosophical outlook is different from the one sketched above.
THE BASIS FOR HUMAN SOLIDARITY
THE SIZE OF GOVERNED COMMUNITIES
CONTENTS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM: PRIVACY AND SECRECY
THE BENEFITS OF RELATIVE POVERTY