I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control.
The environment shapes people's actions.
Reinforcement is being right.
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements.