Gandhi's philosophical concept of ahimsa in relation to the quest for peace of Philippines 2000

• Main Author: Vier, Julius Vernie B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Peace; Hindu ethics; Ahimsa; Nonviolence; Philippines > Politics and government; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1760; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8598&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

This thesis tries to show that despite the Philippine experience of a violent and bloody revolution against Spain and the two wars against the United States and Japan, a peaceful settlement of conflicts is attainable. Using Gandhi's views on Satyagraha and ahimsa and Thoreau's idea of civil disobedience, at least some events in Philippine history followed a pattern of peace to achieve certain ends. The author refers to the Epifanio de los Santos (EDSA) Avenue People Power Revolution and the settlement of the Mindanao conflict through the creation of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development. If peace is given a chance and the leaders are sincere in their efforts to effect settlements, then a lasting ahimsa is possible.