观点:这个社会是病态的,把不符合社会预期的人都称为“神经病”,这是一种non-injurious torture
“schizophrenia is a label,it is a stigmatizing label”
后来莱因因为酗酒和绯闻,饱受争议。但有人认为因为他抛家弃子、绯闻就否定他的著作有失公允。
斯金纳 skinner:
行为主义学派激进人物(the most radical practitioner of behaviourism)
观点:每个人都是一块白板(a blank slate),被社会填满(and is moulded purely by their environment)
实验:训练少年犯,并给予奖励。发现少年犯都比原来有长进。
反驳:不是所有人都能被训练。人生来不是一块白板,我们每个人生来都带着影响后天行为的先天特质。
以上是一个世纪对人性的探讨,结尾:
we are undoubtedly products of our biology,and the potential for human falling will always be there.we are slaves to our nature.the sophistication of the hunan brian and the ways in which we live together have given us. the power to recognize and master our worst impulses.this ,after all ,is what being human is all about.