Walden two final
Walden Two is a utopian novel wherein the society depicted, human problems and social ills are solved by scientific technology applied to human conduct,called social behavioral engineering. Skinner shows us the society and ideology of Walden Two through the eyes of outsiders who show varying degrees of skepticism or enthusiasm for the behaviorally engineered society. Skinner shows us many diifernt ways he would correct society. The examples are , Education is based on freedom and self-motivation. Structure classrooms with the threat of bad grades do not exist. There is no money, and goods produced by the society are consumed as needed, and instead having a child and worring about taking care of them all the time there is group …show more content…
There is no money and goods produced by the society are consumed as needed. The amount of time spent working must total 4 labor credits a day, however, the time employed is based on the desirability of the work. If work is really unpleasant, one can earn their 4 labor credits in less time than someone who works at a really pleasant occupation. People also choose their own work, so if lots of people want a particular types of job, it has a lower labor credit value.Walden Two has a dairy and farms and is able to take advantage of crops that outside farmers might be unable to harvest because of its surplus of available labor. Everyone in Walden Two has plenty of rest and free time, and the arts flourish. People marry early, and economic stresses are taken out of life. Walden Two is not a democracy, and no one votes. Running the commune is left to experts, who use experimentation to find the best forms of governing.Therefore, the economy of Walden Two has elements of capitalism and collectivism. The flaw with this system is the “ Quality of work”. Skinner is asuming that the people are going to try hard when they do things , instead of blowing them off. What happens if somebody doesnt do a good job of work.. They still get the same amount of credits as the people who did an amazing job. When they realize that you can work less ans still get the same amount of credits things will start to fall …show more content…
The babies in walden two aer kept in warm cub like enclosed cribs that can control the tempeature around them. The babies do not have sheets or clothing. In the novel Skinner says that it restircts the baby and it creates work and laundry for the care givers. The babies also do not have sheets they lay on a whip able cloth for cleaning and that is it. The kids are secluded from parents and humans for the first couple yearsof their life. Their parents can vist, but they will never stay long. After they turn a certain age they get moved up into anothe room which provides more freedom to do what he or she chooses. Skinner spaark the idea of the “lolli pop techinique” which established slef control through behavorial enginering. Flaws to his way of thinking follows, The kids will not have any loving emotion, they will not have any emotion bond with anybody. This in the future will maake them robots they just end up doing what was showed when they were younger. This kids will never know love and affection because of
Walden Two is a utopian novel wherein the society depicted, human problems and social ills are solved by scientific technology applied to human conduct,called social behavioral engineering. Skinner shows us the society and ideology of Walden Two through the eyes of outsiders who show varying degrees of skepticism or enthusiasm for the behaviorally engineered society. Skinner shows us many diifernt ways he would correct society. The examples are , Education is based on freedom and self-motivation. Structure classrooms with the threat of bad grades do not exist. There is no money, and goods produced by the society are consumed as needed, and instead having a child and worring about taking care of them all the time there is group …show more content…
There is no money and goods produced by the society are consumed as needed. The amount of time spent working must total 4 labor credits a day, however, the time employed is based on the desirability of the work. If work is really unpleasant, one can earn their 4 labor credits in less time than someone who works at a really pleasant occupation. People also choose their own work, so if lots of people want a particular types of job, it has a lower labor credit value.Walden Two has a dairy and farms and is able to take advantage of crops that outside farmers might be unable to harvest because of its surplus of available labor. Everyone in Walden Two has plenty of rest and free time, and the arts flourish. People marry early, and economic stresses are taken out of life. Walden Two is not a democracy, and no one votes. Running the commune is left to experts, who use experimentation to find the best forms of governing.Therefore, the economy of Walden Two has elements of capitalism and collectivism. The flaw with this system is the “ Quality of work”. Skinner is asuming that the people are going to try hard when they do things , instead of blowing them off. What happens if somebody doesnt do a good job of work.. They still get the same amount of credits as the people who did an amazing job. When they realize that you can work less ans still get the same amount of credits things will start to fall …show more content…
The babies in walden two aer kept in warm cub like enclosed cribs that can control the tempeature around them. The babies do not have sheets or clothing. In the novel Skinner says that it restircts the baby and it creates work and laundry for the care givers. The babies also do not have sheets they lay on a whip able cloth for cleaning and that is it. The kids are secluded from parents and humans for the first couple yearsof their life. Their parents can vist, but they will never stay long. After they turn a certain age they get moved up into anothe room which provides more freedom to do what he or she chooses. Skinner spaark the idea of the “lolli pop techinique” which established slef control through behavorial enginering. Flaws to his way of thinking follows, The kids will not have any loving emotion, they will not have any emotion bond with anybody. This in the future will maake them robots they just end up doing what was showed when they were younger. This kids will never know love and affection because of