A Note on Values

and Social Consequences in John Dewey

and its relationship to our conference theme

We are seeking broad participation from a diverse group of scholars with diverse research interests highlighting our commitment to public moral curriculum leadership directed toward social change (or, to put it another way, social consequences of value).

In his 1934 book "A Common Faith," Dewey writes: "The actual religious quality in the experience described is the effect produced, the better adjustment in life and its condition, not in the manner and cause of its production."

In light of this we understand Dewey to mean "social consequences of value" when he explains that the ideal, through faith, conquers selfishness and produces a better world." Thus supporting our theme of "Democratic Curriculum Theory and Practice" in the service of the "larger public conversation" of leadership for retrieving public spaces. We do not expect proposals to be limited to specifically addressing Dewey's notion of "values" or "social consequences."