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Instead of maintaining the traditional separation of science and values, cognitive theory says the two come together in brain function.

— Roger Wolcott Sperry New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)

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Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life-style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.

Statement (1981)

It seems important that the social value factor be more generally recognized as a powerful causal agent in its own right and something to be dealt with directly as such.

Science and the Problem of Values (1972)

To see a promising solution to a dilemma and then just leave it to questionable development at its own pace without trying to aid its implementation would seem a dereliction.

The Human Predicament: A Way Out? (1985)

The upward thrust of evolution as part of the design becomes something to preserve and revere.

Science and the Problem of Values (1972)

As a brain researcher, I'd started out simply accepting the strictly objective principles of the behaviorist position.

New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)

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