B.R. Ambedkar — Annihilation of Caste & Constitutional Vision

Knowledge Themes

Structural Subtopics

• Difference between division of labor and division of laborers
• Graded inequality and its moral implications
• Critique of the scriptural basis of caste in Manusmriti
• Concept of social endogamy as the root of caste
• Constitutional morality vs public morality
• Philosophy of Liberty Equality and Fraternity
• Rights of minorities and the logic of weighted representation
• Article 17 and the ethical necessity of abolishing untouchability
• Navayana Buddhism as a revolutionary social ethic
• Graded vs universal compassion
• Role of the state in ensuring distributive justice
• Ethical critique of Hindu reform movements
• Religion as law vs religion as principles
• Relationship between political democracy and social democracy