Kevin Fulton’s Reviews > The Middle Works of John Dewey, Vol 14, 1899-1924: Human Nature and Conduct, 1922 > Status Update
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Dewey is about to discuss “the uniqueness of good.”
It will be interesting how he goes about it through his pragmatism.
— Aug 03, 2025 11:03AM
It will be interesting how he goes about it through his pragmatism.
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Kevin Fulton
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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
So he is a relativist, albeit, not a pure one. He doesn't view morality as arbitrary, but he rejects moral absolutes.
