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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... concerned with natural aversive stimuli ; the struggle for freedom is concerned with stimuli intentionally arranged by other people . The literature of freedom has identified the other people and has proposed ways of escaping from them ...
... concerned with natural aversive stimuli ; the struggle for freedom is concerned with stimuli intentionally arranged by other people . The literature of freedom has identified the other people and has proposed ways of escaping from them ...
Page 51
... concerned with simple escape , presumably because instruction is not needed . Instead it concentrates on weakening those who de- prive others of credit . The measures are seldom as violent as those recommended by the literature of ...
... concerned with simple escape , presumably because instruction is not needed . Instead it concentrates on weakening those who de- prive others of credit . The measures are seldom as violent as those recommended by the literature of ...
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... concerned with breathing , feeding , maintaining a suitable temperature , surviving danger , fighting infection , procreating , and so on . Only a small part is concerned with , and hence has survived because of , success in fighting ...
... concerned with breathing , feeding , maintaining a suitable temperature , surviving danger , fighting infection , procreating , and so on . Only a small part is concerned with , and hence has survived because of , success in fighting ...
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