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| image             = Book cover Beyond Freedom and Dignity.jpg
| author            = [[B. F. Skinner]]
| pub_date          = 1971
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{{Distinguish|Beyond Good and Evil}}'''''Beyond Freedom and Dignity''''' is a 1971 book by American [[psychologist]] [[B. F. Skinner]].  Skinner argues that entrenched belief in [[free will]] and the moral [[autonomy]] of the individual (which Skinner referred to as "dignity") hinders the prospect of using scientific methods to modify behavior for the purpose of building a happier and better-organized society.

''Beyond Freedom and Dignity'' may be summarized as an attempt to promote Skinner's philosophy of science, the technology of human behavior, his conception of determinism, and what Skinner calls "cultural engineering".