Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange In A Clockwork Orange, author Anthony Burgess deals with the matter of depriving a criminal the ability to make a moral choice. This topic of behavioral conditioning was presented by the psychologist B.F. Skinner in the 1950’s and caused uproar in society, striking a chord with Burgess. In Skinner’s essay “Beyond Freedom and Dignity” he shows his solutions for changing a criminal’s behavior with positive reinforcement. Professor …showed first 75 words of 3109 total…

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