John Dewey: “The indirect and unthought-of consequences are usually more important…”

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The indirect and unthought-of consequences are usually more important than the direct.

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John Dewey

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Dewey highlights the importance of indirect consequences over direct ones in social actions.

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The foe to be dreaded is interference of government.

The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.

But he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.

For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.

John Dewey: “The indirect and unthought-of consequences are usually more important than the direct.”