Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 3:Some Issues Concerning the Control of Human Behavior. Quote 2

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Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 3:Some Issues Concerning the Control of Human Behavior. Quote 2

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Now, the control of human behavior has always been unpopular. Any undisguised effort to control usually arouses emotional reactions. (p. 26)

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