Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Who among the following declared, 'For me morals, ethics and religion are convertible terms. A moral life without reference to religion is like a house built upon sand'?
AAurobindo
BSavarkar
CMahatma Gandhi ✓ Correct
DJayaprakash
Correct answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi — Mahatma Gandhi made this declaration, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Mahatma Gandhi made this declaration, so he is the answer.
★He held that morals, ethics and religion were for him convertible, interchangeable terms.
★He compared a moral life without religion to a house built upon sand, lacking firm foundation.
★For Gandhi no religion stood higher than truth and righteousness.
★He believed morality is valued by all the great religions, giving his ideas a universal appeal.
★This unity of ethics and faith underlay his insistence that politics must be moral.
★Aurobindo, Savarkar and Jayaprakash Narayan are distractors not credited with this statement.
★Gandhi insisted that no religion stands higher than truth and righteousness.
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