RSOC 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Civil Disobedience, Self-Control
12 Dec 2018
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Gandhi moral exemplar embodiment hindu virtue ideals. 11. 8. 18: virtue ahimsa = nonviolent, self control & noncooperation, courage against evil, duty (dharma) civil disobedience as lawyer, self -renunciation. Indian government attorney in south africa thrown out of first class in the train. In south africa, indian man can"t walk in the same street as a white man. Different from how it is like in england. Even if indian man is christian, he is still discriminated against. Indians seek for equality through nonviolent disobedience. Ex: rich indians and gandhi burn government passes, which is illegal. Gandhi, as a christian and hindu, believed that getting hurt on your left cheek by your enemies, you should offer your right. Indian men furious against unjust british law. They suggest killing any policemen who enters their home. But they will not have my obedience. they will not submit to british law.
