Word: determinists
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...vigorously opposed running the Screw ad. But I also oppose the majority's sweeping and rigidly determinist condemnation of advertising as an outgrowth of capitalism. Of course exploitation of women is to be deplored. Perhaps for porno to be eradicated citizens will have to be taught or forced to be free, but advertising columns are as important as editorial columns in the educational process...
...strict environmental determinist has no use for sociobiology. It offers only a defeatist and counter-productive program. But taking the view that genes may determine potentialities and proclivities, and that individual development, reflects conditioning plus genetic endowment, sheds a different light on sociobiology. Seen in this way, Wilson's sociobiology could prove helpful in pointing to which traits may be affected by education and which results may be expected...
...THREE other attacks often levelled at Wilson's theory. The first is largely philosophical and indicts sociobiology only indirectly as part of a larger conspiracy. This attack objects to the sociobiology stance which insists that humans are passive vehicles for either our genes or our environment. Strongly anti-determinist, the proponents of this argument insist that humans are active agents who shape their own destinies. In short, it is a plea for the power of free will. This position largely ignores the material in Wilson's book rather than confronting...