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Jaina Perspective in Philosophy and Religion
This is very similar to our time, when there is strong opinion in favour of disarmament and world peace. It seems, nonviolence is a necessity, even today. We have to choose between Atom and Ahir sā, William James, therefore, calls for a 'moral equivalent of war'. It is not only an intellectual utopia but a concrete moral guide and social stabiliser. The all or the non-approach has brought us on the brink of total annihilation and social anarchy, hence the non-absolutistic approach in thought, word and deed is the only way before us.
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