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References
The formula of the overall index of freedom per capita might look as
following:
4. IF = a*Fl*LECl + b*Fb*LECb + c*Fd*LECd + d*Fm*LECm + e*Fc*LECc
+ f*Fi*LECi + g*Ff*LECf + h*Fe*LECe + i*Fs*LECs + j*Fp*LECp),
where:
IF = overall index of freedom;
Fl, Fb, Fd, Fm, Fc, Fi, Ff, Fe, Fs, Fp = levels of freedom per capita in
different spheres (life, use of one’s own body, diet, movement,
consciousness, intimate relations, family, economics, civil
society, polity);
LECl, …, LECp = legal equality coefficients among members of
society in the corresponding areas; and
a, b, …, j = weights for particular freedoms in each area of human
action.
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Locke, John (1689). Chapter VI: Of Paternal Power. Second Treatise on
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Constant, Benjamin (1816/1988). The Liberty of the Ancients compared
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as of May 14, 2012.
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