Dewey's pragmatism and conceptualization of "the good" borrow from Utilitarianism, emphasizing the evaluation of actions based on their consequences. Instead of maximal pleasure/minimal pain, Dewey views ends/values as mobile. He views them as emerging and developed through group inquiry/discussion.
So he is a relativist, albeit, not a pure one. He doesn't view morality as arbitrary, but he rejects moral absolutes.
— Aug 07, 2025 06:33AM
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