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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... autonomous man are particularly troublesome . In the traditional view , a person is free . He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused . He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he ...
... autonomous man are particularly troublesome . In the traditional view , a person is free . He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused . He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he ...
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... Autonomous man is not easily changed ; in fact , to the extent that he is autonomous , he is by definition not changeable at all . But the environment can be changed , and we are learning how to change it . The measures we use are those ...
... Autonomous man is not easily changed ; in fact , to the extent that he is autonomous , he is by definition not changeable at all . But the environment can be changed , and we are learning how to change it . The measures we use are those ...
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... autonomous man to do . But environmental contin- gencies now take over functions once attributed to autonomous man , and certain questions arise . Is man then " abolished " ? Certainly not as a species or as an individual achiever . It ...
... autonomous man to do . But environmental contin- gencies now take over functions once attributed to autonomous man , and certain questions arise . Is man then " abolished " ? Certainly not as a species or as an individual achiever . It ...
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