For Dewey, the method of philosophy was in the assessment of experiences. ... It does not have its origins in doubt nor does it presume to illuminate some eternal truth. ... How funny the idea that a school might offer courses in Elementary Virtue, Intermediate Virtue, or Advanced Virtue. ... If a child were incapable of leaning about and responding to the needs of others, based on his own assessment of the situation, then Dewey would allow that the child would be retarded or abnormal. ... Even when we acknowledge that morality coexists with life, this does not carry with it the requirem...

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One must know and act upon what is good, what is right. ... From his perspective, it is the quality of mind, the pysche organization that enables a person to act virtuously. It is the opposition between the two types of assessment of virtue that is the major theme explored in Socrates' examination of the various positions towards justice. ... The later will bring honors and reputation as well as reaping the benefits of injustice. ... The state's happiness is the happiness instilled in the individual having functioned well at his appointed task or job. ...

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