GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words
What does each of the following quotations convey to you in present context? (a) "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."- David Hume (b) "The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy."- Martin Luther King Jr. (c) "In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Syllabus: Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
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