 While the Christian conception of democracy recedes (but does not entirely disappear) in Dewey’s later work, the idea that democracy should be viewed as a form of relationship that encompasses and unifies different spheres of social life remains important. Dewey’s later work is more questioning of the traditional ethical standards and ideals that he appeals to in an essay like “The Ethics of Democracy”, and he is sharply critical of what he sees as the residual Kantianism in Green’s idealism, although the general orientation remains: individuals are not presocial atoms, and democracy is more than a method of majority rule through voting; it is also a social and ethical ideal.