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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... moral struggle and therefore has no chance to be a moral hero or credited with inner virtues . But our task is not to encourage moral struggle or to build or demonstrate inner virtues . It is to make life less punishing and in doing so ...
... moral struggle and therefore has no chance to be a moral hero or credited with inner virtues . But our task is not to encourage moral struggle or to build or demonstrate inner virtues . It is to make life less punishing and in doing so ...
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... moral sense . It is not true , therefore , that the empirical scientist must deny that there can be " any scientific concern with human and political values and goals , " or that morality , justice , and order under law lie " beyond ...
... moral sense . It is not true , therefore , that the empirical scientist must deny that there can be " any scientific concern with human and political values and goals , " or that morality , justice , and order under law lie " beyond ...
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... moral animal . He has evolved to the point at which he has constructed an ethical or moral culture . He differs from the other animals not in possessing a moral or ethical sense but in having been able to generate a moral or ethical ...
... moral animal . He has evolved to the point at which he has constructed an ethical or moral culture . He differs from the other animals not in possessing a moral or ethical sense but in having been able to generate a moral or ethical ...
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