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...there's the rub. Behaviorism is not compatible with our current conception of personal responsibility, for the latter arises from free will, which the behaviorist denies. There are no bad people, the behaviorist argues, only bad environments. For the behaviorist, society is on trial in every case...

Author: By Daniel P. Oran, | Title: Personal Responsibility or... | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

SNITCHING. There's the rub. The word reminds us of the rat-finks we all knew in grade school and summer camp and the very possibility that we might have to report someone who we may be friends with, someone we may have had meals with or sat next to in class makes us recoil from the notion of handling our own affairs. A typical response to the honor code proposal is: if someone cheats its his or her business; in the long run, they are the loser. But are they? The best response to this argument was provided...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: No Honor, No Responsibility | 10/16/1985 | See Source »

...Rub...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Money for Nothing | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

...Although Owens was probably well aware of the irony as he stood on the medal stand, I'd like to think that he took pleasure in his mere participation at the Games. I'd like to think that he didn't see his medals is a justified attempt to rub the Nazis' roses in the dirt, but as an attempt to show that he and other athletes were above politics...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko, | Title: Playing Olympic Games | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

...races and the Kentucky Derby. The Jersey Derby comes nine days after the Preakness, and Spend A Buck cannot keep both appointments. "We're in the business to win purses," Diaz said, pointing out ominously that there are other routes to high stud fees than the Triple Crown. The rub is there are none sweeter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Spend a Buck, Make a Buck | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

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