Perhaps human behavior can be controlled via the environment, but who will exert the control? . . . What [those who ask that question] should be asking is: “What kinds of cultural contingencies induce people to engage in the control of other people? Under what contingencies do people act like tyrants? Under what contingencies do they act like ‘men and women of good will’?” (p. 473)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 32: Why Are the Behavioral Sciences Not More Effective. Quote 26
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