The alternative to one or other of these conclusions is surrender of the causal authorship theory and the adoption of that of widely distributed consequences, which, when they are perceived, create a common interest and the need of special agencies to care for it.
Dewey advocates for a shift from a causal authorship theory to one that recognizes shared consequences.
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