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Gandhi, Tagore and a New Ethics of Argumentation

Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

Discourse, dialogue and deliberation are important frames for thinking about and creating an ideal inter- subjective condition and a dignified society at present. This article presents the contours of such a new ethics of argumentation by carrying out a detailed discussion of the relationship between Gandhi and Tagore, and the way they argued with each other. Their arguments and counter-arguments were not for the sake of win ning any egotistic victory but for exploring truth. It also connects this new ethics of argumentation in dia logue with the agenda of moral argumentation offered by Jurgen Habermas, the heart-touching social theor ist of our time.

Journal of Human Values, Vol. 7, No. 1, 43-63 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/097168580100700105


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