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“Democratic theory presupposes self-determination, human rights and social justice.” Discuss this with particular reference to M.K. Gandhi.

  • UPSC 2005
  • Democracy

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Democracy assumes three things: that people author the laws they obey, that each person holds claims no majority may override, and that citizens stand on terms equal enough for the vote to mean something. Mohandas K. Gandhi accepted all three but re-rooted each, in self-rule, in duty and in the welfare of the last person.

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  • The Three Presuppositions
  • Swaraj: Self-Determination from Below
  • Rights Grounded in Duty
  • Social Justice: Sarvodaya and Antyodaya
  • Critiques
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