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    It is not the case that A polity of thoroughgoing skeptics lacks the motivational resources to resist genuine injustice, as Dewey argued against Russell's own skeptical tendencies.

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    • 1.Skeptics about knowledge needn't be skeptics about values; one can doubt certainty while strongly opposing suffering and oppression.
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    • 2.Historical resistance movements often thrived among those questioning authority, suggesting skepticism motivates rather than paralyzes action.
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    • 3.Unfounded confidence in one's justice claim can enable fanaticism; skeptical restraint may better protect against abuse of power.
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    • 1.Resistance to injustice requires conviction that justice exists as a meaningful ideal, not merely as subjective preference.
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    • 2.Radical skepticism undermines the confidence needed to organize collective action and bear costs of principled resistance.
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    • 3.Dewey's pragmatism grounds ethics in shared consequences of action, providing motivation where pure skepticism offers only detachment.
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