Thus the practical movement for the limitation of the powers of government became associated, as in the influential philosophy of John Locke, with the doctrine that the ground and justification of the restriction was prior non-political rights inherent in the very structure of the individual.
Dewey connects the limitation of government powers to the philosophy of John Locke regarding individual rights.
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In short, private acts may be socially valuable both by indirect consequences and by direct intention.
The foe to be dreaded is interference of government.
There are even those who hold that the presumption is always that social loss will result from agents of the public doing anything which could be done by persons in their private capacity.
In no two ages or places is there the same public.