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Gandhi’s Philosophy of Nonviolence: Essential Selections
Subject: Philosophy & Ethics
Book Language: English
Audience: 100-level survey course/undergraduate
Created date: July 11, 2022
Updated date: July 18, 2022
Target Release Date: 2023-01-31
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Short Description:
A concise open textbook intended for an undergraduate audience, which brings together essential selections from Gandhi on nonviolence. The book will also include a range of supplementary material: an introduction
boxes and sidebars providing examples, historical notes, extended explanations, and related philosophical material
an appendix on post-Gandhian nonviolence
a concluding essay on the moral limits of Gandhian nonviolence, which doubles as a model essay for undergraduate students
diagrams and images
discussion questions
reading and viewing suggestions
a nonviolence timeline
a glossary
Outline
Preface
Box - King Explains Gandhi’s Influence
Box - Sorabji on Gandhi as a Philosopher
Chapter 1. Gandhi’s Concept of Nonviolence: Satyagraha
Box - Thoreau on Civil Disobedience
Chapter 2. The Goal of Satyagraha: Truth
Box - The Jain Doctrine of Anekantavada
Box - Philosopher Barry Gan Illustrates the Role of Truth in Satyagraha
Chapter 3. The Means of Satyagraha: Ahimsa
Box - Tolstoy & the “Sermon on the Mount”
Chapter 4. How to View an Opponent
Box - Philosopher Robert L. Holmes on Understanding Evil
Chapter 5. The Key to Changing Hearts: The Law of Suffering
Box - The Principle of Morally Weighted Choice & “Jiu-Jitsu”
Chapter 6. The Source of Truth Strength: An Indomitable Will
Box - Greek Philosophical Influence on Gandhi
Chapter 7. Coordinated Peacekeeping: A Nonviolent Army
Box - The Nonviolent Peaceforce
Chapter 8. Building a Nonviolent Society: From Obstructive to Constructive Program
Chapter 9. An Objection and a Reply: The Relationship between Means & Ends
Box - Gandhi Receives an Objection from a Reader
Box - Reaping as We Sow: Gandhi’s Watch Example
Box - Means & Ends: The Wider Debate
Chapter 10. Lessons from a “Himalayan Miscalculation”: Preparation, Free Will, and Swadharma
Chapter 11. A Reason for Optimism: The Law of Love
Chapter 12. The State of the Technique & Its Future: An Experiment
Appendix: Post-Gandhian Developments
Concluding Essay: The Moral Bounds of the Nonviolence Continuum
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