“Having to be good” is an excellent example of an expendable honorific . . . In a culture which did not resort to punishment we should never “have” to do anything except with respect to the punishing contingencies which arise directly in the physical environment. (p. 14)
Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 1:Freedom and the Control of Men. Quote 19
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- Post published:January 28, 2021
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