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Guest Editorial: Twenty Years Later, Commentary on Skinner’s “Why We Are Not Acting To Save the World”

Guest Editorial: Twenty Years Later, Commentary on Skinner’s “Why We Are Not Acting To Save the... Behavior and Social Issues, 14, 1-6 (2005). © Robin Rumph, Chris Ninness, Glen McCuller, and Sharon K. Ninness. Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. GUEST EDITORIAL: TWENTY YEARS LATER, COMMENTARY ON SKINNER’S “WHY WE ARE NOT ACTING TO SAVE THE WORLD” Skinner’s “Why We Are Not Acting to Save the World” was presented to the American Psychological Association in August, 1982. It was later published in a collection of papers “Upon Further Reflection” (1987). This article is important to behavior analysts because it asks us to move beyond our aspirations of helping people live better and more productive lives, to applying behavior analysis to the problems that imperil the very existence of the human species and the cultures that humankind have produced. In the first paragraph of the article, Skinner outlines the perils from his perspective that were largely not being addressed in effective ways at the time he wrote the paper. He writes, Most thoughtful people agree that the world is in serious trouble. A nuclear war could mean a nuclear winter that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Guest Editorial: Twenty Years Later, Commentary on Skinner’s “Why We Are Not Acting To Save the World”

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2005 by Robin Rumph, Chris Ninness, Glen McCuller, and Sharon K. Ninness
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
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1064-9506
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2376-6786
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10.5210/bsi.v14i1.117
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Behavior and Social Issues, 14, 1-6 (2005). © Robin Rumph, Chris Ninness, Glen McCuller, and Sharon K. Ninness. Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. GUEST EDITORIAL: TWENTY YEARS LATER, COMMENTARY ON SKINNER’S “WHY WE ARE NOT ACTING TO SAVE THE WORLD” Skinner’s “Why We Are Not Acting to Save the World” was presented to the American Psychological Association in August, 1982. It was later published in a collection of papers “Upon Further Reflection” (1987). This article is important to behavior analysts because it asks us to move beyond our aspirations of helping people live better and more productive lives, to applying behavior analysis to the problems that imperil the very existence of the human species and the cultures that humankind have produced. In the first paragraph of the article, Skinner outlines the perils from his perspective that were largely not being addressed in effective ways at the time he wrote the paper. He writes, Most thoughtful people agree that the world is in serious trouble. A nuclear war could mean a nuclear winter that

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Behavior and Social Issues – Springer Journals

Published: May 1, 2005

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