Beyond Freedom And Dignity: Difference between revisions
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concerned with the stimuli intentionally arranged by other people. the literature of freedom has identified the other people | concerned with the stimuli intentionally arranged by other people. the literature of freedom has identified the other people | ||
and has proposed way of escaping from them or weakening or destroying thier power. It has been successful in reducing the aversive | and has proposed way of escaping from them or weakening or destroying thier power. It has been successful in reducing the aversive | ||
stimuli used intensional control, but it has made the mistake of defining freedom in terms of states of mind or feelings, and it has | stimuli used in intensional control, but it has made the mistake of defining freedom in terms of states of mind or feelings, and it has | ||
therefore not been able to deal effectively with the techniques of control which do not breed escape or revolt but nevertheless have | therefore not been able to deal effectively with the techniques of control which do not breed escape or revolt but nevertheless have | ||
aversive consequences. It has been forced to brand all control as wrong and to misrepresent many of the advantages to be gained from | aversive consequences. It has been forced to brand all control as wrong and to misrepresent many of the advantages to be gained from | ||
