Dear Paul, Thanks for confirmation (or semi-confirmation) from an expert! Now - Louis: Given that at least 2 people have answered your question directly, would you care to respond to our answers. I would be particularly interested in your response to my Skinnerian explanation of moral behaviour. Sincerely, Stuart ___________________________________________________________________ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9660 Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), Québec J1M 0C8, Canada. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy ___________________________________________________________
________________________________ From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 4/7/2007 11:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: It's What They Believe At 7:44 AM -0500 4/7/07, Stuart McKelvie wrote: Louis asks: If you do not accept the existence of a divine entity and thus the validity of a divinely ordained moral code, what is the source or origin or base or criteria or root for the moral code you do accept and strive to follow? Answer: From the environments to which I have been exposed. And the codes arose from people's experiences in their environments. Just simple trial and error and survival of behaviours that led to outcomes judged to be useful. I think that is what Skinner meant and I agree with him. Please, Skinnerians, correct me if I got Skinner wrong! Pretty close! Summarizing Skinner is like summarizing the Bible; he wrote many things over a long period of time. A synthesis would be history (past experience) plus current contingencies (demands of current circumstances) plus genetic predispositions. -- * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Department 507-389-6217 * * 23 Armstrong Hall Minnesota State University, Mankato * * http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~pkbrando/ * --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
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