One would think, then, that a fundamental and ever-operating aim would be to translate knowledge of the subject-matter of physical conditions into terms which are generally understood, into signs denoting human consequences of services and disservices rendered.
Here, Dewey advocates for making scientific knowledge accessible and relevant to everyday human experiences.
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The clear consciousness of a communal life, in all its implications, constitutes the idea of democracy.
Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.
They are made that way; it is “the nature of the beast.” We do not gain anything by inserting instincts to run, creep, swim and fly between the structure and the act.
In short, private acts may be socially valuable both by indirect consequences and by direct intention.