This is explored by philosophers and pragmatists like Fernando Flores and Martin Heidegger. This moderate group of pragmatists were unenthusiastic about Mao's utopian visions. Pragmatists argue that humanity on other planets is sociologically impractical. Some Weiquan lawyers are the pragmatists and some are more radical. The pragmatists rarely used their maxim of meaning to rule out all metaphysics as nonsense. Of the classical pragmatists, John Dewey wrote most extensively about morality and democracy. His thinking was influenced by pragmatists Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Pragmatists with a broader conception of the movement do not often refer to them. Peter Popham of The Independent called Lee "one of the most successful political pragmatists". Pragmatists are interested in the benefits of economic and social status mobility. Pragmatists and intellectualists both accept this definition as a matter of course.