Mohandas Gandhi Human Rights Exercise

Mohandas Gandhi gives us seven reasons why we have to struggle for human dignity. He calls them the seven social sins. They are:

1. Politics without principle
2. Wealth without work
3. Commerce without morality
4. Pleasure without conscience
5. Education without character
6. Science without humanity
7. Worship without sacrifice

1. Discuss these "social sins" today.
2. Discuss what you think Gandhi meant by each statement.
3. Are these "social sins" accepted practices in society today?
4. Can an understanding of what Gandhi meant help us resolve human rights issues today? How?
5. Which articles of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights can you connect to each of the seven "social sins"?