Universal and Moral Values, Politics and World Peace — Page 12
side, but never when it favours your opponent. This is the dilemma this is the global crisis that we are facing today; and the Holy Qur'an reminds you that this should be corrected, without which nothing can happen. . Immorality in Man rg. The ultimate purpose mentioned in the verses I have just quoted is 'to turn your enemies into friends. ' How can you go about it how can you do it so that there is no enmity left?. If there is enmity left, it is due to humans being crooked in their basic attitude to life, despite the fact that they were created for goodness. However, because of their choices and because of the havoc played by Ego upon human goodness, in the ultimate analysis, Man emerges as an immoral animal-and that is what. Karl Marx took note of. . That is where he laid his first brick of scientific socialism: he believed that human affairs cannot be corrected, or cannot be stabilized, unless the factors responsible for rivalries and classes in society are completely eradicated and Man is levelled down to a single base, without ups and downs. If there are differences of levels, and as Man is immoral, he will always try to pull down those who are above him and try to rise up, even stepping on the heads of others! This is what he saw and, to this extent, he was quite right. . But to treat immorality in Man with an immoral system was a contradiction in terms it could not have happened. No system in the world can work without morality. This is what. Karl Marx conveniently forgot, and due to this oblivion of his, the Communist world had to pay so dearly for the lack of morality. 12 UNIVERSAL MORAL VALUES, POLITICS & WORLD PEACE