John Dewey: “It is a means of doing for a person what otherwise only his own…”

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It is a means of doing for a person what otherwise only his own foresight, if thoroughly reasonable, could do.

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John Dewey

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Dewey suggests that rules can provide guidance similar to what a person's foresight would offer.

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John Dewey: “It is a means of doing for a person what otherwise only his own foresight, if thoroughly reasonable, could do.”