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Truth, non-violence, vegetarianism, simplicity and faith are principles that Gandhi held daily. He preached and lived his teachings through India’s independence struggle. He exceptionally led India to be the first country to gain independence through not having to go to war. Gandhi was a great Hindu, a great Indian, a real citizen of the world.

As virtue ethics focus more on being than on doing, we can certainly see why Gandhi is a perfect example of a virtuous person as he himself was a role model. He was always at the forefront of working towards change. Gandhi says: “My life is my message”. Arising from the people, giving all average Indians a common ground with this virtuous character, allows for a better motivation of the masses as they can relate their troubling and background with his. He drives his people with happiness, peace, prosperity of the nation, and justice as their common goal.

Even though he lived such a righteous life achieved through self-discipline, he died as his moral virtues where of a purer nature than people where used to. I wouldn’t necessary classify his death, neither his choice to go on several hunger strikes as an excess of his virtues. Even though he died due to an “excess of morality” you could say, he lived his life on the mean, just that some people were not ready for that yet.

He wasn’t an idealist. While promoting well being for all humans, he stressed the importance of logical thinking. His teachings were based on love, non-violence, peace, forgiveness, simplicity and satisfaction.

The telos guiding all his thoughts and activities was that of achieving integrity of body, mind and soul in each individual human being, starting of with India. He believed the body should be controlled by the...

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