Confining our notice to the results which are desirable, it appears that there is no reason for assigning all the values which are generated and maintained by means of human associations to the work of states.
Dewey critiques the notion that all societal values are derived from state actions.
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In no two ages or places is there the same public.
The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.
But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.
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.