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Professor Godfrey Vesey discusses the idea that people are responsible for their actions, in the light of the work of recent behavioural psychologists, who believe that heredity and environment and... not free will are the factors that condition human actions and behaviour. He finds their claims unproved and decries the notions of 'social control' that have resulted from such ideas as a basic impoverishment of the most important element of our humanity.
Professor Godfrey Vesey discusses the idea that people are responsible for their actions, in the light of the work of recent behavioural psychologists, who believe that heredity and environment and... not free will are the factors that condition human actions and behaviour. He finds their claims unproved and decries the notions of 'social control' that have resulted from such ideas as a basic impoverishment of the most important element of our humanity.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 07 |
| First transmission date: | 1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Tony Coe |
| Contributors: | Stephen Earle; Godfrey Vesey |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | B.F.Skinner; Descartes; J.S.Mill; Robert Owen; Social Control |
| Master spool number: | MKL604_86YA0042LJO |
| Production number: | 86YA0042LJO |
| Available to public: | no |
