Surely the process of establishing truth and beauty, the balancing of powers, conceptions, interests, and so on, which underlie them, are sensible and widely accepted. The invocation against state interference and the emphasis on maximal freedom is no less accepted. My position on our balancing of powers in general is precisely the same. The case for truth and beauty holds for the social contracts we achieve among ourselves. The state should not interfere anymore than it does in matters of truth and beauty.
Interference means some power elite imposing their interests and perception on everyone else.
From the perspective of the conflict process in the social field, social contracts are an outcome of a mutual adjustments among our interests, capabilities, and wills. Our social contracts are a balance of powers with others, a balance of our mutual interests. And the key to making these social contracts best fit our mutual values is freedom. Its consequence is a spontaneous society and the best possible peace consistent with our diversity. For full reference to the book and the list of its contents in hypertext, click book .