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<p>This paper is a revisitation and re-reading of Gandhi’s <i>Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule</i> (Gandhi, Hind Swaraj or Indian home rule, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, Reprint 2004, 1938) in the wake of two of the most recent <i>critiques</i> (Kumar, Econ Polit Weekly 59(3):51–57, 2024; Menon, History Present J Critical History 7(1):33–58, 2017) on Gandhi with reference to his <i>Hind Swaraj</i>. I examine the ethical contemplation of M. K. Gandhi on <i>moral ideals</i> and <i>action</i> in the light of his <i>Hind Swaraj</i> to see how they can be an ethical paradigm for today’s world. Gandhi’s ideals and ethical stance were in tune with the lived experiences of the people and also of India’s cultural ethos. Gandhi developed a social <i>cum</i> political theory grounded in the unique experiences of India and articulated it in terms of the indigenous Indian philosophical vocabulary. The first part of the paper is a brief exposition of two of the recent <i>critiques</i> on Gandhi and his <i>Hind Swaraj</i> to bring home the intent in the exercise of writing this paper. The second part of the paper aims at delineating Gandhi’s ethics of <i>swaraj</i> which has a universal appeal. The third part of the paper is on the <i>philosophy of action</i> in Gandhi that emphasized morally correct actions, which would be a necessity for the fruition of his <i>swaraj</i> dream. The fourth part of the paper is on social dimension of Gandhian ethics as envisaged in <i>Hind Swaraj</i>. In this part the ethical consideration on <i>swaraj</i>, education, civilization and swadeshi is elucidated in detail as this part of the paper is the most important part where the import of <i>swaraj</i> in Gandhian paradigm is examined and explicated. The fifth part of the paper is the conclusion to the study stating that Gandhi’s ethics in his <i>Hind Swaraj</i> has an ongoing value. I would submit in the essay that Gandhi has a “continuing collective mental–moral–social presence” in the world. </p>

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Ethics in the Light of M. K. Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj: A Revisitation

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    2025年6月18日

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  • C. D. Sebastian

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This paper is a revisitation and re-reading of Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule (Gandhi, Hind Swaraj or Indian home rule, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, Reprint 2004, 1938) in the wake of two of the most recent critiques (Kumar, Econ Polit Weekly 59(3):51–57, 2024; Menon, History Present J Critical History 7(1):33–58, 2017) on Gandhi with reference to his Hind Swaraj. I examine the ethical contemplation of M. K. Gandhi on moral ideals and action in the light of his Hind Swaraj to see how they can be an ethical paradigm for today’s world. Gandhi’s ideals and ethical stance were in tune with the lived experiences of the people and also of India’s cultural ethos. Gandhi developed a social cum political theory grounded in the unique experiences of India and articulated it in terms of the indigenous Indian philosophical vocabulary. The first part of the paper is a brief exposition of two of the recent critiques on Gandhi and his Hind Swaraj to bring home the intent in the exercise of writing this paper. The second part of the paper aims at delineating Gandhi’s ethics of swaraj which has a universal appeal. The third part of the paper is on the philosophy of action in Gandhi that emphasized morally correct actions, which would be a necessity for the fruition of his swaraj dream. The fourth part of the paper is on social dimension of Gandhian ethics as envisaged in Hind Swaraj. In this part the ethical consideration on swaraj, education, civilization and swadeshi is elucidated in detail as this part of the paper is the most important part where the import of swaraj in Gandhian paradigm is examined and explicated. The fifth part of the paper is the conclusion to the study stating that Gandhi’s ethics in his Hind Swaraj has an ongoing value. I would submit in the essay that Gandhi has a “continuing collective mental–moral–social presence” in the world.