Book one of three of Andrew J. Galambos' course V-50 and book one of fifteen for the entire set of SIC ITUR AD ASTRA (This is the Way to the Stars). This first volume of V-50, subtitled V-50: The Problem, consists of sessions one through eight of V-50, in which Professor Galambos introduces: -the purpose and scope of the course and the crisis facing mankind -the requirement for absolute standards of rightness in both physics and the new science of volition -absolute vs. relative rightness -reasons why the success in physics has never been applied to volition -the scientific method and its application to volitional science -why all societies in history have failed and why they cannot survive without additional knowledge -the nature and durability of a rational and moral society -the integration of the physical sciences and how freedom is a direct derivative of this integration -the free market as the true democracy -the true meaning of monopoly and its popular misconception -what the American Revolution really was and was not -the disconnect between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution -the false alternative of majority rule -the only way out of the current mess we face -hundreds of other topics both important and urgent to the survival of our species

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