Gandhi and Civil Disobedience

Gandhi and Civil Disobedience

Civil disobedience and passive resistance was morally superior to all other types of
resistance to unjust laws. The philosophy of Mohandas Gandhi did not incite violence and
was the safest and best way to resolve and abolish unjust laws. An example of this can be
found in the incident at the Dharassana Salt Works, a British factory.
The aspects of his philosophy were all peaceful and did not incite violence. The
aspects were civil disobedience, live simply and serve others. The most important of the
aspects is civil disobedience. One would think that this is a way to incite violence, but the
fact is that civil disobedience means to break an unjust law, and then serve the
consequence to show respect for the need of law and rules. Civil disobedience does not
incite violence. Indians asked for two things basically, freedom and their basic rights.
Gandhi was one of the main influences in India’s independence. The only other way to try
to change unjust laws and get independence is to fight wars. Gandhi never thought about
that. Mohandas Gandhi did not celebrate India’s victory for independence because he was
disappointed that there was so much violence and fighting between the Indians and
British. Violence was something that Gandhi never wanted nor incited. Civil
disobedience proved not to incite violence which was the morally right thing to do.
The Salt March and the Dharassana Salt Works incident were two of the most
important civil disobedience acts. For a long time, Britain had a monopoly of salt in
India. Indians producing salt was strictly outlawed. Gandhi and a large group of people
marched from his house all the way to the ocean and made salt. Even though it was
outlawed he and his men did not struggle when being arrested. Eventually when all the
jails were full of men, the British started beating Indians on the head with sticks, literally.
This was a huge victory for Gandhi because the press followed every move he made and
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