Master in current affairs English
Master in current affairs English published by Mahendra Guru published this article page no 19 unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. the law of diminishing returns applies to morality. thomas sowell theres a story about robespierre that has the preeminent rabble-rouser of the french revolution leaping up from his chair as soon as he saw a mob assembling outside. i must see which way the crowd is headed he is reputed to have said for i am their leader. optimism people who exercise violence in the pursuit of what they hold to be just causes are alternately known as terrorists or freedom fighters. they all share a few common characteristics a hard core of idealists adopt a cause (in most cases the freedom of a group of people). they base their claims on history - real or hastily concocted on a common heritage on a language shared by the members of the group and most important on hate and contempt directed at an enemy. the latter is almost invariably the physical or cultural occupier of space the idealists claim as their own. the loyalties and alliances of these people shift effortlessly as ever escalating means justify an ever shrinking cause. the initial burst of grandiosity inherent in every such undertaking gives way to cynical and bitter pragmatism as both enemy and people tire of the conflict gk questions current affairs buy.
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