The insistence on truthfulness does not disturb the freedom of the individual. The social obligation implied in Satyagraha turns the freedom of the individual into moral freedom. An atheist is free to say or to do what he likes, provided he does what he says and says what he does. So, in the context of social relations, the freedom of the individual is moral freedom.
Goparaju Ramachandra RaoHallucinations and illusions are not facts useful for scientific investigation.
Goparaju Ramachandra RaoReal morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real.
Goparaju Ramachandra RaoThe love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations.
Goparaju Ramachandra RaoSatyagraha means insistence on what one knows to be the truth. The insistence implies the exercise of free will as the need of social obligation. If one is content to know the truth himself, he does not become a votary of Satyagraha. A Satyagrahi should not only know the truth but should insist upon it in social relations. So Satyagraha is activation of truthfulness.
Goparaju Ramachandra RaoExistentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it encourages the individual to free himself from the impositions of custom, governmental authority, economic pressures, and cultural inhibitions.
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