You might think that the leader of non-violent non-cooperation, as he liked to call it, would be big on moral condemnation of his opponent, and would be constantly claiming the moral high ground.
Take, for example, Gandhi's views about morality. But when you realize that Gandhi's spirituality, his approach to politics, and his philosophical outlook are interconnected, then you realize that if you really want to understand the phenomenon that was Gandhi, you have to also understand his philosophical outlook.Īnd we’re betting that a taste of Gandhi as philosopher and how it might help us better understand Gandhi the spiritual and political leader. To be sure, academic philosophers would probably find his philosophical writings frustrating at times. He wasn't an academic philosopher like John and me, but he wrote a lot that could be called philosophy. Though one may not typically think of Gandhi as a philosopher, he was, in fact, a profound philosophical thinker.
The man who preached and practiced non-violence, and inspired millions around the world - including America's own apostle of non-violence, Martin Luther King. That would be Mahatma Gandhi, the great spiritual and political leader, father of the Indian Independence movement. Our topic this week is Gandhi as philosopher.
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