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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... explain human behavior , and we seem to speak with special confidence just because what actually happened can only be inferred . Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does , we attribute his behavior to a per ...
... explain human behavior , and we seem to speak with special confidence just because what actually happened can only be inferred . Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does , we attribute his behavior to a per ...
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... explain only the things we are not yet able to explain in other ways . His existence depends upon our ignorance , and he naturally loses status as we come to know more about behavior . The task of a scientific analysis is to explain how ...
... explain only the things we are not yet able to explain in other ways . His existence depends upon our ignorance , and he naturally loses status as we come to know more about behavior . The task of a scientific analysis is to explain how ...
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... explained by saying that he possesses the knowledge or skill needed to drive a car , but the knowledge and skill must then be traced to ... explain why a person behaves well with respect to his fellow men , Beyond Freedom and Dignity 107.
... explained by saying that he possesses the knowledge or skill needed to drive a car , but the knowledge and skill must then be traced to ... explain why a person behaves well with respect to his fellow men , Beyond Freedom and Dignity 107.
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