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John Dewey: “Consequences, in a word, affect large numbers beyond those immediately concerned in the transaction.”

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Consequences, in a word, affect large numbers beyond those immediately concerned in the transaction.
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John Dewey

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Dewey asserts that individual actions can have widespread consequences that affect many beyond those directly involved.

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