2025, Vol. 7, Issue 12, Part D

Author(s): Daksh

Abstract: This paper looks into the idea of Satya (truth) and transparency as an ethical-political stance of handling misinformation, deepfakes, and post-truth politics as expressed by Gandhi. It reinstates truth as a disciplined act of self-criticism, non-instrumental communication and social responsibility instead of the truth being right in terms of facts or a metaphysically determined doctrine. Placed in opposition to recent discussion on the issue of information disorder, algorithmic amplification and erosion of epistemic authority, the paper proceeds to suggest that Gandhian ethics throws light on the required yet not sufficient terms of democratic strength: ethical restraint, moral bravery and institutional clarity. It further forms identification of structural and scale-related constraints to Gandhian schemes in digitally mediated space, and that there is a demand to combine virtue-based strategies with modifications in governing media and designing platforms. The conclusion suggests future studies of multi-scalar practices of transparency, intercultural ethical cultures of telling the truth, and interdisciplinary frameworks in the interplay between political philosophy, the study of media and technology in governance.

DOI: 10.33545/26646021.2025.v7.i12d.801

Pages: 276-280 | Views: 46 | Downloads: 6

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