“ Work is psychologically simply an activity which consciously includes regard for consequences as a part of itself; it becomes constrained labor when the consequences are outside of the activity as an end to which activity is merely a means. ”
John Dewey, Democracy and Education (1916). copy citation
| Author | John Dewey |
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| Source | Democracy and Education |
| Topic | consequences activity |
| Date | 1916 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/852/852-h/852-h.htm |
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“Thus they pass gradually into work. Both are equally free and intrinsically motivated, apart from false economic conditions which tend to make play into idle excitement for the well to do, and work into uncongenial labor for the poor. Work is psychologically simply an activity which consciously includes regard for consequences as a part of itself; it becomes constrained labor when the consequences are outside of the activity as an end to which activity is merely a means. Work which remains permeated with the play attitude is art—in quality if not in conventional designation.
Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History
1. Extension of Meaning of Primary Activities.”
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