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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... environment , but the role of the environment is by no means clear . The history of the theory of evolution illustrates the problem . Before the nineteenth century , the environ- ment was thought of simply as a passive setting in which ...
... environment , but the role of the environment is by no means clear . The history of the theory of evolution illustrates the problem . Before the nineteenth century , the environ- ment was thought of simply as a passive setting in which ...
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... environment - the environment in which the species evolved and in which the behavior of the individual is shaped and maintained . The vicis- situdes of " environmentalism " show how difficult it has been to make this change . That a ...
... environment - the environment in which the species evolved and in which the behavior of the individual is shaped and maintained . The vicis- situdes of " environmentalism " show how difficult it has been to make this change . That a ...
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... environment— an environment responsible both for the evolution of the species and for the repertoire acquired by each member . Early versions of environmentalism were in- adequate because they could not explain how the environment ...
... environment— an environment responsible both for the evolution of the species and for the repertoire acquired by each member . Early versions of environmentalism were in- adequate because they could not explain how the environment ...
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