Aptious Thinking
| Title | Aptious Thinking |
| Year for Search | 1998 |
| Authors | Roseman, David |
| Pagination | 118 pp. |
| Date Published | 1998 |
| Publisher | Bear Publications |
| Place Published | Worcester, Eng. |
| Keywords | Male author |
| Annotation | Essay but self-labeled as a utopia. Aptious is a word coined by the author “to be synonymous with, but more penetrating than, ‘apt’,” and the book is a consideration of “which bases of day-to-day philosophy are apt for the future” (1). Proposes “a free, mutually respecting society” that will allow individuals to “take responsibility for their own actions” and leave government to “take responsibility for the adverse actions of others” (33). There is a constitution with only seven laws. These are general principles except for the law on taxation, which suggests a new system of taxation with the tax imposed whenever money exchanges hands. Crime is an illness and the patient should not be released until cured. Family allowance as a tax credit paid for the first child and, if the government chooses, the second but not for a third or more. Workers should be shareholders in the business for which they work. |
| Info Notes | © 1997 |
| Holding Institutions | C, PSt |
| Full Text | 1998 Roseman, David. Aptious Thinking. Worcester, Eng.: Bear Publications. © 1997. 118 pp. C, PSt Essay but self-labeled as a utopia. Aptious is a word coined by the author “to be synonymous with, but more penetrating than, ‘apt’,” and the book is a consideration of “which bases of day-to-day philosophy are apt for the future” (1). Proposes “a free, mutually respecting society” that will allow individuals to “take responsibility for their own actions” and leave government to “take responsibility for the adverse actions of others” (33). There is a constitution with only seven laws. These are general principles except for the law on taxation, which suggests a new system of taxation with the tax imposed whenever money exchanges hands. Crime is an illness and the patient should not be released until cured. Family allowance as a tax credit paid for the first child and, if the government chooses, the second but not for a third or more. Workers should be shareholders in the business for which they work. |
