NO
MAN IS AN ISLAND
-- Minoo
Masani
The
essay “No Man is an Island ” is an extract from
“Our Growing Human Family” written by Minoo Masani. In this essay, Masani
describes his vision of the future through the World Federation, its power and
its effectiveness.
Masani discusses
various kinds of governments and their shortcomings. He discusses the merits and demerits of
democracy and dictatorship. According to
Masani, the government which governs the least is the best government. He identifies two ‘tests’ to determine the
most effective government. They are (i) to serve ‘the greatest good of the
greatest number’; and (ii) to give more
freedom to the people.
Masani
insists on liberty, equality and fraternity as the parameters for the best
government. Therefore, he looks at the
democratic form of government as the preferable one. In the dictatorship, everything happens
according to the whims and fancies of One Person.
Masani gives importance to the role of
education and free thought in the progress made by civilization. The essay concludes with Masani’s central
theme –that every person contributes in his or her own way to the overall
progress of a country.
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Noojilla Srinivas
Lecturer in English
Govt. Degree College -
Alamuru
M: 7981862200
email:
noojillasrinivas@gmail.com
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