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John Dewey: Even the least accidental, the most deliberately planned, political forms do not embody some absolute and unquestioned…

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Even the least accidental, the most deliberately planned, political forms do not embody some absolute and unquestioned good.
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John Dewey

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Dewey argues that political forms are not inherently good but are shaped by human choices.

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