Positive Change In World Through Manipulation of Behavior in B.F Skinne

Positive Change In World Through Manipulation of Behavior in B.F Skinners Waldo TwoB.F. Skinner, in his novel Walden Two, presents many arguments about howhe foresees a positive change in the world through manipulation of behavior onthe personal level. Sigmund Freud, in his works, specifically Civilization andIts Discontents, presents his view of man nature and what is innately ruffianly about it. Both Freud and Skinner agree that human behavior is theresult of outside f scrapors that severely hinder the concept of bountiful will.Skinner believes that humans, in the correct environment, can live happily,while Freud understands that humans are destined to live in some degree ofanguish or discontent.Skinner uses the ideal setting of Walden Two to illustrate his ideas ofhow human behavior should be formed. Much of Skinners argument on how toeliminate what he knows as problematic rests on his prescription of dismissingthe notion of individual freedom. Skinner does not only say that the conceptof individual freedom is a farce. He takes it a maltreat further and states thatthe search for it is where society has gone wrong. He wants no part in thequest for individual freedom. If we give up this illusion, says Skinner, wecan condition everyone to act in acceptable ways.Skinner has a specific prescription for creating this utopian society.He declares that all that is necessary is to change the conditions whichsurround man. G...