Ambedkar and Gandhi on the Bhagwat Gita The Bhagwat Gita is regarded as the most sacred religious book in Hinduism. It is also considered to be a book of ethics‚ championing eternal moral values. It has been translated into various languages. Great thinkers and political leaders‚ both in medieval and modern period‚ have been inspired by this book and have also written commentaries upon it. The objective of this paper is to compare the contrasting views of Gandhi and Ambedkar on the Bhagwat Gita
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is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty‚ the ocean does not become dirty.” This quote was divulged from Mahatma Gandhi‚ perhaps one of the greatest and most infamous humanitarians the earth fostered. He believed in the independence and beauty of individualism; only protesting in the tell-tale‚ nonviolent manner Martin Luther King Jr. would later culture. Gandhi was one of the first anti-war activists publicized worldwide. His works heartened other civil rights leaders such as Nelson
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The Morality of Drone Attacks Argument Analysis Assignment Arzu Wasty 6767215 Professor Nisha Shah POL 1120 February 1‚ 2013 Bradley Strawser comes back to clarify a few things about the morality of drone warfare. In a previous article in The Guardian‚ Strawser’s words were manipulated‚ wrongly interpreted‚ and morphed into portraying his ideologies as pro-drone warfare under any condition and that drone warfare had no immoral side to it. However‚ Strawser corrects this misinterpretation
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allegory of McCarthyism and he used a lot of ironies to express he’s overall message. Through the whole play‚ Miller shows that‚ John Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Judge Danforth are three characters which could mostly represent the overall theme of absolute morality. John Proctor‚ a median age farmer‚ husband of Elizabeth Proctor‚ has been guilty of adultery but is also hesitating to confess. When the hysteria begins‚ he hesitates to expose the secret with Abigail William because he worries his good name
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Muslim Women‚ Gandhi and Secularism Secularism is a difficult word to define. It is often used simply as the opposition of religion; it is a view of life‚ as the Webster’s New World Dictionary puts it‚ “based on the premise that religion and religious considerations‚ as of God and a future life‚ should be ignored or excluded” (Agnes 580). Harvey Cox a Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard uses the word: “Secularism…is the name for an ideology‚ a new closed world-view which functions very much
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2014 Morality and Religion Are Not Related Morality refers to a set of principles that guide an individual on how one evaluates right and wrong. People believing in religion consider morality is shaped by religion because they believe that morality can be understood only in the context of religion; therefore‚ those religious people insist if there were no religion‚ people would be out of control. However‚ religious beliefs give people a wrong definition of moral value‚ indeed‚ morality is shaped
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The government is the people’s representation: our protector and our voice. It is what we turn to in our time of need‚ the one we look up to. However‚ there are times when the government turn against the people‚ acting as an enemy instead of an ally. In those times‚ the people must until and stand together against our government. When the government becomes corrupt‚ common citizens have the right to take actions. Peaceful resistance to law positively impacts all societies in the world‚ no matter
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THE” TRUE”STORY OF” FAKE LEADER” SONIA GANDHI Alias ANTONIA MAINO-By SATYAMITRA 88 Votes Who is Sonia? (By Dr. Subramaniam Swamy) Antonia is Sonia’s real name in her birth certificate. Sonia is the name given to her subsequently by her father‚ Stefano Maino [now deceased] following his return from Russia where he had been a prisoner of war. Stefano had joined the Nazi army as a volunteer. Sonia is a Russian not Italian name. While spending two years in a Russian jail
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Is morality a relative concept? In any society there exists a somewhat mysterious consensus‚ which changes over the decades‚ and for which it is not pretentious to use the German loan-word Zeitgeist (spirit of the times). This spread of dates through the twentieth century is a gauge of the shifting Zeitgeist. Another is our attitude to race. In the early part of the twentieth century‚ almost everybody in Britain (and many other countries too) would be judged racist by today’s standards. Thomas
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Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi were both very courageous people. They inspired others and made a transformation in history. Mandela fought for integration of his people. Gandhi protested and fought against the British rule. They did amazing things to shape our world today‚ although Nelson Mandela made a greater impact. Although Mahatma Gandhi did not make as great of a change‚ he improved our world. In the second paragraph of “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi”‚ it states‚ “Yet ultimately things happened
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