Monthly Archives: June 2013

Greenleaf wrote this essay, subtitled ‘Reflections on a Strategy for Change,’ in 1984.  This is my ninth posting from this essay.  Greenleaf writes: Let us suppose, though, that in 1915, Gandhi was deeply committed to persuasion.  What corollary attitudes would … Continue reading →

Greenleaf wrote this essay, subtitled ‘Reflections on a Strategy for Change,’ in 1984.  This is my eighth posting from this essay.  Greenleaf writes: The third failure was Gandhi’s great dream of a good society, which he dangled before the Indians.  … Continue reading →

Greenleaf wrote this essay, subtitled ‘Reflections on a Strategy for Change,’ in 1984.  This is my seventh posting from this essay.  Greenleaf writes: First, British India was predominantly Hindu, but it had a substantial Muslim minority.  As the independence movement … Continue reading →

Greenleaf wrote this essay, subtitled ‘Reflections on a Strategy for Change,’ in 1984.  This is my sixth posting from this essay.  Greenleaf writes: We have just cited two contemporary examples of what most people would consider highly civilized institutions, the … Continue reading →

Greenleaf wrote this essay, subtitled ‘Reflections on a Strategy for Change,’ in 1984.  This is my fifth posting from this essay.  Greenleaf writes: A second example of the consequences when good people coerce is the universities.  Universities hold great coercive … Continue reading →