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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... scientist in the laboratory , studying the behavior of a pigeon , designs contin- gencies and observes their effects . His apparatus exerts a conspicuous control on the pigeon , but we must not overlook the control exerted by the pigeon ...
... scientist in the laboratory , studying the behavior of a pigeon , designs contin- gencies and observes their effects . His apparatus exerts a conspicuous control on the pigeon , but we must not overlook the control exerted by the pigeon ...
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... 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 survival . ” A special value in scientific practice is also rele ...
... 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 survival . ” A special value in scientific practice is also rele ...
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... scientist , emphasized " How like a dog ! " But that was a step forward . A god is the archetypal pattern of an explana- tory fiction , of a miracle - working mind , of the meta- physical . Man is much more than a dog , but like a dog ...
... scientist , emphasized " How like a dog ! " But that was a step forward . A god is the archetypal pattern of an explana- tory fiction , of a miracle - working mind , of the meta- physical . Man is much more than a dog , but like a dog ...
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