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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... possible that man's genetic endowment supports this kind of struggle for freedom : when treated aver- sively people tend to act aggressively or to be rein- ^ _ 、 forced by signs of having worked aggressive damage . Both tendencies ...
... possible that man's genetic endowment supports this kind of struggle for freedom : when treated aver- sively people tend to act aggressively or to be rein- ^ _ 、 forced by signs of having worked aggressive damage . Both tendencies ...
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... possible that we are slightly beyond Newton's position in the analysis of light , for we are beginning to make tech- nological applications . There are wonderful possibili- ties - and all the more wonderful because traditional ...
... possible that we are slightly beyond Newton's position in the analysis of light , for we are beginning to make tech- nological applications . There are wonderful possibili- ties - and all the more wonderful because traditional ...
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... possible , and even the slightest sign of progress should bring a kind of change which in traditional terms would be said to assuage wounded vanity , offset a sense of hopelessness or nostalgia , cor- rect the impression that " we ...
... possible , and even the slightest sign of progress should bring a kind of change which in traditional terms would be said to assuage wounded vanity , offset a sense of hopelessness or nostalgia , cor- rect the impression that " we ...
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