International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

Ambedkar and the Ethics of Inclusion: Rethinking Justice in a Hierarchical Society

This paper endeavours that Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s ethical approach to inclusivity and its significance of social justice within a deeply hierarchical caste society. It critically examines how Dr. Ambedkar counters exclusion which was not merely political but also moral, deeply rooted in the principles of equality, dignity, and human rights. This paper highlights how Mahad Satyagraha played an important role to symbolise the equality through the demands of civil rights and social recognition among the marginalized communities. This paper explores Dr. Ambedkar’s approach towards universal voting rights, minority protection, and equitable political representation as an essential component of democratic system. He argued in favour of good governance rather than efficient governance which he mentioned as historically legitimized upper-caste dominance and exclusion., this paper will deal with how he raised social and political concerns of the Depressed Classes before the British government. Ambedkar argues for the reservation which is not charity but a moral corrective to historical injustice. By replacing efficient governance with ethical governance, which is truly representative state. Ultimately, this paper’s position is that Dr. Ambedkar’s demands human rights for all, and he believed that the progressive Untouchables must lead nation building. In nowadays where caste-based exclusion persists, he offers a moral compass for building an egalitarian India.