Mills On Utopia In Walden Ii
In Walden II, BF Skinner, tries to implement Utopia by conditioning the behavior of its residents. The community members are unaware of the effect of the social environment on their behavior and are generally happy with their lives. I think mills would have strongly opposed such a community because it has no individuality or freedom. Mills was a strong advocate of individual freedom which leads to the development of the best capabilities in humans. He believed society should be dedicated to developing individuality and independence of thought in each person. He says "He who lets the world . . . choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee . . .discrimination to decide. . . ." (pg 71).
Mills believed that every person should develop his own opinion even if its not a desirable one. The only limit......
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