Behavior is determined by its consequences.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

The evolution of cultures appears to follow the pattern of the evolution of species. The many different forms of culture which arise correspond to the "mutations" of genetic theory. Some forms prove to be effective under prevailing circumstances and others not, and the perpetuation of the culture is determined accordingly.

We have not yet seen what man can make of man.

...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake.