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Show Skinner's ethics target :f full Twaddle' barrage Profoundly unoriginal" was one of the we complimentary ways in which B.F. r -inner psychologist and controversial r Jthor of Walden Two and Beyond ' :dom and Dignity, was discribed by Dr. ed Hagen, professor of philosophy, and ;'( Ceoffery Aggeler, associate professor i; 'English, as they discussed the ethical Asocial implications of Skinner's books, rj Hagen first criticised Skinner on ;J dinner's denial of freedom with a causal pointed out that of all the scientific Utopias, Skinner's was the most "profoundly unoriginal," drawing largely on the Republic of Plato. Dr. Aggeler also commented that guilt and responsibility can be constructive forces. He proposed that such concepts be increased in-creased rather than eliminated from a Utopia. The speech was part of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) sponsored "Twaddle of Speakers" series. I-e. Yet, stated Dr. Hagen, the Wion is not one of free will. . .but a 1i tion as to whether people are 5Pnsible for some, not all, of their itions." main criticism put forward by Dr. '! concerned Skinner's concept of ; indignity. Dr. Hagen pointed out that phers such as Kant and Hegel have a basic difference between the way Retreat objects and the way in which eV treat other people. "Skinner can not e away the difference between the t we treat persons and the way we treat ' Further, this difference does not on whether a person is a I Mn'sm or not continued Dr. Hagen. U r'S,tated Hagen is surprising that I er ould attack dignity, as an attack 4 r un 'S t0 attack the inter-related -no' human rights and equality. ilT" "l"0 criticised Skinner by using 8V between Skinner's controlled rhrnrS,a1d the control of eugenics. lontrl, he said, can be effective , me Present environment, but can , lnt0 account the changes which m Z '" that PhYsica or social en-mm en-mm 'n the future. WS bL88est "COD out'" according I' 'active! 3S he Wrote books and did :hc Vtrv t0 change those inequities sed nim to write those books. s Mowing discussion, Dr, Aggeler |
