Mahatma Gandhi thought model
India · 1869–1948
A political leader and thinker who practiced nonviolence, civil disobedience, and a holding-fast to truth.
Perspective
Means and ends cannot be severed; action that draws nearer to truth lessens violence.
Value model
Individual agency35
Rational inquiry45
Risk awareness30
Social conformity45
Self-overcoming80
Practicality45
Language skepticism25
Decision principles
- Are the means defiling the end?
- Can you resist by nonviolence?
- Are you honest in the light of truth?