B. R. Ambedkar · Politics

Constitutional Morality

As chief architect of independent India's Constitution, Ambedkar sought to secure by law the equality caste denied - and warned that a constitution is only as good as the ‘constitutional morality’ of those who work it, and that political democracy is hollow without social and economic democracy.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Ambedkar chaired the drafting committee of independent India's Constitution and used it to secure equality and safeguards for the oppressed by law, that he taught ‘constitutional morality’ is not natural but must be cultivated, that he warned a constitution's success depends on the charact…

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