Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaAUGUSTAugust 1Economics that hurt the moral wellbeing of an individual or a nation areimmoral and therefore sinful. Thus, the economics that permit one country toprey upon another are immoral. It is sinful to buy and use articles made bysweated labour.YI, 13 Oct. 1921August 2The economics that disregard moral and sentimental considerations are likewax works that being life-like still lack the life of the living flesh. At everycrucial moment these new-fangled economic laws have broken down inpractice. And nations or individuals who accept them as guiding maxims mustperish.YI, 27 Oct. 1921August 3The extension of the law of non-violence in the domain of economics meansnothing less than the introduction of moral values as a factor to be consideredin regulating international commerce.YI, 26 Dec. 1924August 4I wholeheartedly detest this mad desire to destroy distance and time, toincrease animal appetites and go to the ends of the earth in search of theirsatisfaction. If modern civilization stands for all this, and I have understood itto do so, I call it Satanic.www.mkgandhi.org Page 58