The Humanitarian Hero Gandhi A hero is a person who is determined to make a change in the world in any way possible, no matter the circumstances or challenges they may face. Fighting for your civil rights is not something most people can say they have done they have done in their life. Not only did Mahatma Gandhi fight for his civil rights, he fought and led Indians in the civil rights movement in South America and India. Mahatma Gandhi, birth name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born October 2nd 1869 and grew up to be a prominent and well known leader. Gandhi grew up in India in a very religious Hindu family. Shortly after turning eighteen, Gandhi was sent to London to study law. Gandhi struggled being a lawyer and faced difficulties being
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He researched this theory on children adolescences and adults ("Kohlberg." Simply Psychology. Saul McLeod, 2011. Web. 2 Feb. 2016). On Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning, Mahatma Gandhi would be on level three stage six. Level three stage six are people who believe believe in equality and internal principles of justice, even if its breaking a rule or law. “My religion forbids me to bear any ill towards you. I would not raise my hand against you even if I had the power. I expect to conquer you only by my suffering” (Mahatma Gandhi). Gandhi truly believed violence was not that option and it would get him nowhere if he was to partake in it. Gandhi believed everyone was equal no matter how much wrong you have done in your life. He went by his principal throughout his entire journey. “Civil resisters were subject to severe punishments such as whippings or being shot and Gandhi himself was briefly jailed on a number of occasions for not obeying certain laws discriminating against minorities, such as requirements to register with the government as a minority person” (Gandhi, Mahatma Gale U.S. History in Context). Gandhi went against a government that wasn’t his country because he valued his beliefs and was adamant about receiving the change he wanted for India. Gandhi knew the consequences of what would happen to him if he went against the law and he still strived for what he internally believed in because it was his soul purpose in life to make a change for the
He researched this theory on children adolescences and adults ("Kohlberg." Simply Psychology. Saul McLeod, 2011. Web. 2 Feb. 2016). On Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning, Mahatma Gandhi would be on level three stage six. Level three stage six are people who believe believe in equality and internal principles of justice, even if its breaking a rule or law. “My religion forbids me to bear any ill towards you. I would not raise my hand against you even if I had the power. I expect to conquer you only by my suffering” (Mahatma Gandhi). Gandhi truly believed violence was not that option and it would get him nowhere if he was to partake in it. Gandhi believed everyone was equal no matter how much wrong you have done in your life. He went by his principal throughout his entire journey. “Civil resisters were subject to severe punishments such as whippings or being shot and Gandhi himself was briefly jailed on a number of occasions for not obeying certain laws discriminating against minorities, such as requirements to register with the government as a minority person” (Gandhi, Mahatma Gale U.S. History in Context). Gandhi went against a government that wasn’t his country because he valued his beliefs and was adamant about receiving the change he wanted for India. Gandhi knew the consequences of what would happen to him if he went against the law and he still strived for what he internally believed in because it was his soul purpose in life to make a change for the