Thought ( मनन ) - 36: Excerpt from "Ethics and Governance" - By Dr. Mahi Pal
Excerpt from "Ethics and Governance" - By Dr. Mahi Pal
Desires are the root cause of all ills of society and implements in ushering era OF ethical governance. In order to satisfy desires, person wants to earn money by hook and crook to satisfy desires and thereby realize happiness. But happiness is not achieved by way of hoarding money and resources. It can only achieve by way of forgoing or eliminating desires.
People in general expect fruits of an action in term of outcome or expectations before initiating the action or performing his duties. If we follow the dictum that we have performed our duties with the earnest and the outcome is not in our hands, then, the desire will not be created by people because at that time mind would be in the state of wantlessness. Professor J K Mehta noted Economist had built his economic philosophy on the basis that people take up various economic activities to get happiness. But the real happiness does not come by taking various activities to meet out their wants. Happiness, he argued is accomplished by eliminating them(wants).
Desires are the root cause of all ills of society and implements in ushering era OF ethical governance. In order to satisfy desires, person wants to earn money by hook and crook to satisfy desires and thereby realize happiness. But happiness is not achieved by way of hoarding money and resources. It can only achieve by way of forgoing or eliminating desires.
People in general expect fruits of an action in term of outcome or expectations before initiating the action or performing his duties. If we follow the dictum that we have performed our duties with the earnest and the outcome is not in our hands, then, the desire will not be created by people because at that time mind would be in the state of wantlessness. Professor J K Mehta noted Economist had built his economic philosophy on the basis that people take up various economic activities to get happiness. But the real happiness does not come by taking various activities to meet out their wants. Happiness, he argued is accomplished by eliminating them(wants).
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