ABSTRACT

This chapter describes vision of a good society, which in earlier works was characterized as integral democracy informed by social technology. It examines that this vision is a realizable eutopia rather than either a utopia or a dystopia. The chapter proposes the arguments for it, showing some data suggesting that it is already being practiced, if on a small to medium scale and in a hostile environment. It argues that economic democracy should be expanded to include environmental, biological, cultural, and political democracy. The chapter suggests that there is a way out of the dilemma. Ironically, the neoliberal politicians and market fundamentalists are the worst enemies of both liberty and the free market. The chapter suggests that full-fledged social justice cannot come, in particular from a state committed to safeguarding economic privilege. It examines that authentic social justice combines entitlements with social duties, and that it should and could be constructed.