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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... economy is free as long as goods and money remain reinforcing . When we refuse to impose control over wages , prices ... economic contingencies . Nor is any school " free . " If the teacher does not teach , students will learn only if ...
... economy is free as long as goods and money remain reinforcing . When we refuse to impose control over wages , prices ... economic contingencies . Nor is any school " free . " If the teacher does not teach , students will learn only if ...
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... economic systems , races , and classes have been defended on the grounds that the survival of the fittest is a law of nature - and a nature " red in tooth and claw . " If man has emerged as a master species , why should we not look ...
... economic systems , races , and classes have been defended on the grounds that the survival of the fittest is a law of nature - and a nature " red in tooth and claw . " If man has emerged as a master species , why should we not look ...
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... economic agency for very long . What evolve are practices . In neither biological nor cultural evolution is com- petition with other forms the only important condition of selection . Both species and cultures " compete ” first of all ...
... economic agency for very long . What evolve are practices . In neither biological nor cultural evolution is com- petition with other forms the only important condition of selection . Both species and cultures " compete ” first of all ...
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