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Ways of thinking and behaving differ between historical epochs and between types of society. However, there is a recurring relationship among freedom, reason and morality. In any particular epoch freedom is defined through rational analysis of the obstacles which existing social forms present to the realisation of the goals and values possessed by members of that society. The limits upon man's potential for freedom in any epoch are determined by the level of reason achieved since the latter is a precondition for the assumption of moral responsibility without which freedom is meaningless.
61,81-2). Basic disagreements were revealed about Moore and his enterprise. 6). Stein Rokkan argued that the 'logical structure' of Moore's argument was 'astoundingly similar' to the model of European party systems developed by S. M. 137). 237). By contrast Harold Mey noted Moore's kinship with C. 162). 367). 259). Moore was being pushed into and out of other categories besides those already mentioned. 162). Stanley Rothman had another point ofview. 62). An opinion shared by a number of reviewers was that Moore stood in the Marxist tradition because of his treatment of class relationships.
Its discussion of topics relating to slavery was 'glorious'. The book being discussed was concerned with the historical origins and sociological characteristics of three major contemporary forms of government. Within it a special place was accorded to the British Constitution and an aristocratic component in British 'decency' and 'moderation' was identified. However, the larger purpose of the book was to find a rational explanation for the apparently chaotic diversity of political forms in terms of a limited number of causes and outcomes.