Volitional Science Lexicon
This section contains the basic definitions and postulates of Professor Andrew J. Galambos’ (1924-1997) Volitional Science.
“Precise definitions are essential for the development of any science. If you do not have precise definitions followed by specific postulates, you never can have a science.” – Andrew J. Galambos
Happiness
Happiness is the totality of all the ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ (or goods and ungoods) that an individual has experienced from his birth to the moment of evaluation, suitably weighted for remoteness.*(*See: Law of Logarithmic Stimulation.)Happiness can be pursued successfully only by free men - that is, those who control, in full, their own property.The concept of happiness is completely subjective and has no maximum. This is very important because if it were not for the fact that it has no maximum, then human motivation would have an end.
History
There are those who create and those who destroy, and all of history is simply interplay between these two opposite directions with respect to property. One direction adds to property, and the other direction subtracts from property; one is positive, the other is negative.