Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET June 2019 Political Science
Gandhiji believes in which of the following?
AEnd justifies means
BMeans justifies end
CNeither end justifies means nor means justifies end
DEnd and means both should be justified ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) End and means both should be justified — Gandhi believed that both the end and the means must be justified, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Gandhi believed that both the end and the means must be justified, so that is the answer.
★He stressed that the means we use are as important as the ends we seek.
★He compared means to seeds: to harvest peace, one must sow the seeds of peace.
★He famously said that means and ends are convertible terms in his philosophy of life.
★So an unjust means can never lead to a truly just end, however noble the goal.
★He rejected the idea that a good end justifies any means whatever.
★He developed this ethic of pure means in his book Hind Swaraj (1909).
★Gandhi was critical of Machiavelli for separating ethics and religion from politics.
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