Aayushi BansalAIR 7 · CSE 2024 · 204 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Morality is a set of guidelines that guides choice, behaviour & actions based on sense of right vs wrong.
Indian morality is rooted in its culture while Constitutional morality is based on values of Preamble.
Difference between Indian morality & Constitutional morality :
Body · points
Equality:- On one hand culture promotes equality but practice of caste discrimination, patriarchy, poverty, exclusion.
Secularism : While Constitution promotes secularism, Indian culture holds religion dear to its heart. TN Madan argues that it is a top down modernist project.
Liberty : Familial boundaries, gender, caste, ethnicity restricts freedom.
Democracy : while structures of elections, universal adult franchise promote democracy; lack of decision making in family for women, 'Sarpanch Pati' (Veena Das) poor rights realisation by Dalits (Gail Omvedt) negates democracy.
Affect on social change
- Traditionalisation of constitutional modernity :- New structures are run based on traditional values. eg → caste discrimination in universities (N. Sukumar)
- Political democracy without full social & economic democracy.
- Change in structure without change in underlying value system leads to poor on ground change. eg → ethnic conflicts despite aiming for fraternity.
Close · a summary
Constitutional morality is in line with true Indian ethos of pluralism, accomodation, based on equality & fraternity.