What Mary Wollstonecraft thinks about behavioural science

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English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797); author of A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).

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2 dated positions, c. 1787 to c. 1792, in their own words. Our reading of what Mary Wollstonecraft has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1792

   Our readingMost people seem to use their reason to justify inherited prejudices rather than to root them out

   Their wordsMen, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, which they have imbibed, they cannot trace how, rather than to root them out.

   ↗A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book

3. c. 1787

   Our readingMaternal tenderness comes as much from habit as from instinct

   Their wordsI have even felt it, when I have seen a mother perform that office; and am of opinion, that maternal tenderness arises quite as much from habit as instinct.

   ↗Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book