Viability Of A Perfect Society: Reality Check And Applicability Of Ideas Of Gandhi, Rawls, And Mandela

Abstract

The paper, as its title suggests, aims to assess the viability of a society which is a perfect embodiment of social, political, economic principles which is what Gandhi, Rawls, and Mandela were hoping to achieve. The paper bases this assessment on two parameters, viz., reality check and applicability. Under reality check, the paper examines the problems that each of them had, confronting them with reality check about the vision they espoused. Under applicability, the paper investigates the practical problems facing them at the ground level in applicability of their championed causes which would have resulted in an ideal society. The conclusion tries to find an answer to the question if such a society is viable.