politics without ethics is a disaster
Years ago when the halcyon days of democracy had yet not arrived, the world was governed by kings and queens. The king with his absolute powers ruled over his subjects with the help of his ministers and governors who could be aptly termed as the politicians of those days. Then one a minister in some province decided that he'd like to be the king himself but how?
Then he alongwith his followers devised a stratagem to overt the king and claim the throne. And after a coup and perhaps bloodshed, the crown exchanged hands, or more precisely, heads, ever since the world 'politics' became an antonym of 'ethics', history has witnessed many unethical practices in politics over the centuries.
A classical instance of this can be had from the great epic Ramayana in which Lord Rama's stepmother succeeds in sending Lord Rama, the heir-designate to the throne, into exile in order to get her own son crowned as the king.
Another great epic Mahabharata portrays how the Kauravas snatched the entire kingdom from the ruling Pandavas by winning a mere game of dice. However, these were bloodless changeovers and could be justified on moral grounds i.e. honouring a word given by his father by Lord Rama and abdicating the throne voluntarily for no one could have forced him out and the result of indulging in self-destruction through gambling vice of Yudhistra—so cleverly exploited by the wily Shakuni for Kauravas.
But elsewhere there was bloodshed and treachery. The great Roman emperor Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by his own ministers on the very floor of the Senate and centuries later Aurangzeb imprisoned his own father, the Mughal ruler Shahjehan after killing his brothers, Dara and Murad in his lust for power.
Throughout history these and countless other events around the world manifest how the human avarice for power and riches has driven man to commit unethical and bestial acts. Almost invariably such acts have led to conflicts and bloodshed. The state and its citizens had to
Then he alongwith his followers devised a stratagem to overt the king and claim the throne. And after a coup and perhaps bloodshed, the crown exchanged hands, or more precisely, heads, ever since the world 'politics' became an antonym of 'ethics', history has witnessed many unethical practices in politics over the centuries.
A classical instance of this can be had from the great epic Ramayana in which Lord Rama's stepmother succeeds in sending Lord Rama, the heir-designate to the throne, into exile in order to get her own son crowned as the king.
Another great epic Mahabharata portrays how the Kauravas snatched the entire kingdom from the ruling Pandavas by winning a mere game of dice. However, these were bloodless changeovers and could be justified on moral grounds i.e. honouring a word given by his father by Lord Rama and abdicating the throne voluntarily for no one could have forced him out and the result of indulging in self-destruction through gambling vice of Yudhistra—so cleverly exploited by the wily Shakuni for Kauravas.
But elsewhere there was bloodshed and treachery. The great Roman emperor Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by his own ministers on the very floor of the Senate and centuries later Aurangzeb imprisoned his own father, the Mughal ruler Shahjehan after killing his brothers, Dara and Murad in his lust for power.
Throughout history these and countless other events around the world manifest how the human avarice for power and riches has driven man to commit unethical and bestial acts. Almost invariably such acts have led to conflicts and bloodshed. The state and its citizens had to