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We cannot think of ourselves save as to some extent social being. Hence, we cannot separate the idea of ourselves and our own good from our idea of others and their good.

John Dewey
Thinking, Discovery, Ideas
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (2008). “The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 5: Ethics: 1908”, p.268, SIU Press
We cannot think of ourselves save as to some extent social being. Hence, we cannot separate the idea of ourselves and our own good from our idea of others and their good.