A Permissive Government Is A Government That

In The Traditional View, A Person Is Free. He Is Autonomous In The Sense That His Behavior Is Uncaused. He Can Therefore Be Held Responsible For What He Does And Justly Punished If He Offends. That View, Together With Its Associated Practices, Must Be Re-examined When A Scientific Analysis Reveals Unsuspected Controlling Relations Between Behavior And Environment.

A Self Is A Repertoire Of Behavior Appropriate To A Given Set Of Contingencies.

Give Me A Child And I'll Shape Him Into Anything.

Must We Wait For Selection To Solve The Problems Of Overpopulation, Exhaustion Of Resources, Pollution Of The Environment And A Nuclear Holocaust, Or Can We Take Explicit Steps To Make Our Future More Secure? In The Latter Case, Must We Not Transcend Selection?

Fame Is Also Won At The Expense Of Others. Even The Well-deserved Honors Of The Scientist Or Man Of Learning Are Unfair To Many Persons Of Equal Achievements Who Get None. When One Man Gets A Place In The Sun, The Others Are Put In A Denser Shade. From The Point Of View Of The Whole Group There's No Gain Whatsoever, And Perhaps A Loss.