Joseph on Nostr: 12/25 “Even if [B.F.] Skinner were right (and surely he isn’t) that a behaviorist ...

12/25

“Even if [B.F.] Skinner were right (and surely he isn’t) that a behaviorist regime is our best chance of preserving our culture into the future, I hope it is clear to you that Skinner may well have been mistaken when he deemed ‘survival of the culture’ to be the highest goal any of us could ever imagine wanting to further. In chapter 11, we briefly considered how mad it would be to put survival of one’s own genes ahead of everything else. Is survival of one’s own culture a clearly saner item to put on the pedestal above everything else? Would it justify mass murder, for instance, or betraying all your friends?”