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Affect (psychology)

B

Bayes' Theorem - requested by Matthew Woods

C

commissioning and decommissioning ships - requested by Larry Sanger

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globalization - requested by Stephen Ewen

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Jimbo Wales - requested by Matthew Woods (Isn't his name Jimmy or James? --Robert W King 12:10, 16 October 2007 (CDT))

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Khmer Rouge - requested by Matthew Woods

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Norman Borlaug - requested by Matthew Woods

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open source licenses (GPL, LGPL, BSD, Mozilla, etc.) - requested by Greg Woodhouse

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philately - requested by Julian Halé
political spectrum - requested by Matthew Woods

Besides giving examples of other spectrums out there, I propose that we order political beliefs into a three-axis table based on the following properties: economic freedom, political freedom, and social freedom. I'd also like to see tables where variants of the same belief are compared to each other.

Response from Bruce M.Tindall 18:06, 21 November 2007 (CST): Ah, but it might be difficult to do so in an objective way. One person's "high degree of economic freedom" is another person's "low degree of social justice"; "high social freedom" might be described as "low social order" or "low public safety" by someone else. The choice and naming of the axes for such a scheme right away implies a system and hierarchy of values. There's also the question of which axes are left out: is there a dimension for measuring, say, the relative powers or duties belonging to different groupings of people (individuals, families, "races," nation-states and their political subdivisions, genders, voluntary organizations, etc.)? After all, in the U.S., the 50 states have considerable sovereignty in certain areas; in other countries, power is more centralized; so there's yet another dimension of the political spectrum (probably not describable as any kind of "freedom") right there.