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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.

— Roger Wolcott Sperry Statement (1981)

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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)

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

New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)

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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