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Syad-váda way of thinking would respect the views of the other side, keeping in constant view the old, old principle of good Government, described above, would try to find out a form of Government which should be popular and at the same time intelligently guided, capably controlled. The establishment of such a Govern. mont in each country would go a long way in the prevention of wars between nations.
As regards the social and individual virtues the principle of morality should be based on the old pregnant saying of India -“As one's own life is dear to one's own self, so the life of other beings is dear to them". In other words, “live and let live" sbould be the basis of the moral code. Instinct of life is undoubtedly active in every living being and it is no wonder that an animal does always try its best to preserve itself. But every one, while preserving himself should also look to the other side of the question i, e. consider his own living along with the living of others. This means the practice of “nonviolence" in acts, speech and thought, which consists in its negative forni, in not doing any, injury to any being and in its positive form, in being kind to all. The sincere adoption of “non-violence" as the moral virtue for the
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