Editing Beyond Freedom and Dignity (section)

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[[Linguistics|Linguist]] [[Noam Chomsky]] criticized Skinner's methods and conclusions. His 1971 essay "The Case Against B.F. Skinner" responded to ''Beyond Freedom and Dignity'', arguing against [[behaviorism]] and its claim to scientific status.<ref>Chomsky, N. [https://chomsky.info/19711230/ "The Case Against B.F.Skinner"], ''The New York Review of Books'', December 30, 1971.</ref> In response to Skinner's denial of human dignity, Chomsky said, "It would be absurd to conclude merely from the fact that freedom is limited, that “autonomous man” is an illusion (...) It would be hard to conceive of a more striking failure to comprehend even the rudiments of scientific thinking ".<ref>Noam Chomsky, The case against B.F. Skinner (1971) 17:11 The New York review of books December 30, 1971. See also Eric Folot, "Human Dignity (Part 1): Its Critics" https://ssrn.com/abstract=2354171 and http://www.legavox.fr/blog/ethos/dignite-humaine-partie-detracteurs-12702.htm</ref>

[[John Staddon]] criticized Skinner's contention that punishment is ineffective and free-will an unnecessary concept, arguing that "Punishment doesn't always abolish freedom -- and freedom is not just absence of punishment".<ref>[http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/5124 Staddon, J. (1995) "On responsibility and punishment"] in ''The Atlantic Monthly'', Feb., 88-94.</ref>