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rently moral may be truly immoral. This can also be ascertained that the universal principles cannot be applied in practical iife without giving room to their certain exceptions. None of the five precepts of morality can be thought of without its accampanying exceptions. Non of the five precepts of morality can be thought of without its accompanying exceptions. It is recognised that all these moral princia ples can be violated if a 'real' situation justifies their violation. As it is frankly acknowledged that for preserving the principle of non-violence (specially in the Sramaņical trend) the remaining four principles are framed; they can, therefore, be unhesitatingly violated for the preservation of the vow of non-violence. But there are also occasions on which the principle of non-violence can be violated on the ground of committing a lesser evil to avoid a greater evil). Here the questions arise why the so-called supremely exceptionless principle like non-violence carries exceptions with it, (which may be true and justifiable on many grounds) and which of the two separate constituents of human make-up justifies the actions, To answer these quistons is not an easy task,
However, whatever these theoretical problems may be, on practical grounds it can be concluded that these moral principles in each system, which have been guiding human behaviour for thousands of years, may still remain useful to the man of the modern era in the present conditions.
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