Morality: Gandhiji's View and Its Relevance in the Modern Times

Abstract

One of the fundamental concerns of M.K. Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) was that of the question of morality. Gandhiji understood man as basically spiritual being, and so a moral being. As such he was mostly concerned with the moral development of each and every individual. In fact, each and every aspect of his philosophical ideas like, Satyagraha, religion, prohibition, human nature, khadi, Swadeshi, constructive progrmmes, etc. in one way or the other shows his endeavour to give a moral basis for human existence and promotes morality of man. The present paper is an attempt to throw some light of his ideas or understanding of morality, and how it is related to his philosophical ideas and moreover examines their relevance in the modern time.