Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Can people change their behavior?
Position‹2 of 2

No, people cannot change their behavior

This position holds that behaviour follows from temperament and long-settled disposition, which do not move. On this view what passes for change is a change of circumstance, a performance for an audience, or an effort that lapses under strain.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Temperament sets the range a person moves within, and the range does not shift
  2. What looks like change is a change of circumstance, and it ends when the circumstance does