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John Dewey: Equality denotes the unhampered share which each individual member of the community has in the consequences of…

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Equality denotes the unhampered share which each individual member of the community has in the consequences of associated action.
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John Dewey

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Dewey defines equality in terms of each individual's fair participation in collective actions.

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