Beyond Freedom and DignityArgues that concepts of freedom and dignity are destructive of values they claim to foster; that a technology of behavior would be more prductive of the good society. |
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... acquired with respect to novel objects which could have played no role in evolution . These are no doubt minor instances of the struggle to be free , but they are significant . We do not attribute them to any love of freedom ; they are ...
... acquired with respect to novel objects which could have played no role in evolution . These are no doubt minor instances of the struggle to be free , but they are significant . We do not attribute them to any love of freedom ; they are ...
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... acquired by one person , others could acquire it much more easily , and there was no further need for accidental contingencies . One advantage in being a social animal is that one need not discover practices for oneself . The parent ...
... acquired by one person , others could acquire it much more easily , and there was no further need for accidental contingencies . One advantage in being a social animal is that one need not discover practices for oneself . The parent ...
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner. process the child and the apprentice acquire useful behavior which they would very probably not have acquired under nonsocial contingencies . Probably no one plants in the spring simply because he then har ...
Burrhus Frederic Skinner. process the child and the apprentice acquire useful behavior which they would very probably not have acquired under nonsocial contingencies . Probably no one plants in the spring simply because he then har ...
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