Much of the progress that man has made is tagged to science. Not only progress but also the mental outlook of man is affected by it. The greatest victory of man is control over nature. He tried to unveil the mysteries of nature to the fullest extent. He has been successful in annihilating distance and has at his disposal not only planes but Apollo crafts and Lunas which move faster than the velocity of sound. The telegraph, telephone, wireless and radio have made communication so easy that we feel that the world has shrunk in size.
Man has attained dreadful powers by a crash progress in industry. He has guns, tanks, missiles, boobs and so many other destructive weapons. Even a single man can kill hundreds of persons in a very short time. On the other hand the diminution of human sufferings owing to the advances in medicine is beyond allcalculations. The wonder drugs of the present age have revolutionized the system of medical treatment and are giving a new life of thousand.
He has got amenities for and comforts of life he had never dreamt of before. He has an electric fan-a soothing balm in sweltering heat, an electric lamp to dispel darkness,
electric lift to carry him in a moment to the topmost floor and so many other amenities. To ease his jaded nerves he has radio, television, gramophone, book, cinema and many other things. He has progressed in terms of wealth and prosperity. He has invented improved methods and techniques to step up production. He has improved the irrigation facilities and agricultural operations a lot and need not depend much on the mercy of nature, Is this progress real?
The word 'progress' admits of so many interpretations and to some extent it is ambiguous also. Progress cannot be called change' because change may be for the better or for the worse. Progress is a purposeful change. Progress cannot be identified with evolution because evolution is partly a process of nature and partly, as the modern philosophers think, a part of unconscious human effort. On the other hand, progress means an improvement over the past consequently progress may be the result of evolution-the evolution which is a natural process. Progress is a change purposefully directed and properly conceived. Conception is the result of planned application of ideas to life.
Progress can be viewed, particularly from materialistic and moral points of view. The glittering civilization with all the attendant mechanical progress and the development of critical faculties may be called material progress. If the world becomes richer in terms of gold, in terms of physical comforts, in terms of the enjoyment of worldly pleasures we call it material progress. By moral progress we mean the illumination of the spiritual self of man and consequently spiritually directed thinking and action. If human being cultivate fine qualities like sympathy for the sufferers, love for human beings, upright character and humanistic approach, we say that man has made moral progress. Through moral progress man becomes a man and not an animal; he uses moral force instead of physical force. He use moral force instead of physical force. He uses them in a constructive manner and not in a destructive way.
All the progress man has made is material progress. As a result of this progress man has become more analytical, objective and mechanical in his attitude. His outlook is now more scientific. His faculties have developed a lot and to a great extent he does not believe in superstition, religion and traditions. He gives importance to more possibilities of thoughts. He ascertains the matter of fact by observation and not by consulting ancient authorities. He accepts only those ideas which express a definite knowledge and prove their worth by discovering new facts. As a result of it, he has become nothing more than a cog in the machine of social mechanism. He has lost his aesthetic sense and moral sense and has become useless as well as dangerous for the society. This materialistic progress has caused suppression of freedom, continuation of atrocities and ageless inhumanity to man. He has no imaginative sympathies for others and has been dehumanized. This progress has apparently turned man into a clever devil.
His capacity to inflict sufferings on his fellows seems limitless. He has more intelligence to exploit other's conditions and make use of their helplessness. His indifference to the cries of the hungry, the racially despised, the dispossessed is abyssmal. He may be a brilliant technician, but as yet he is a pigmy when it comes to making peace and fashioning a new humanity. His constructive efforts become pale and insignificant in comparision with his destructive use of the material progress.
Appollo craft can journey to the mars, but this does nothing in crossing the gulf which separates white man from the black man or rich nations from poor nations. All of his ambitions, ideals and aspirations are self motivated as well as dangerous for the society.
All the materialistic progress is leading man towards the destruction of humanity. It is creating more fear in the minds of the people, making them more frustrated disappointed and dissatisfied . As a result of this, progress cannot be called progress rather it is retrogress which is bringing the doom nearer and nearer.
Man has attained dreadful powers by a crash progress in industry. He has guns, tanks, missiles, boobs and so many other destructive weapons. Even a single man can kill hundreds of persons in a very short time. On the other hand the diminution of human sufferings owing to the advances in medicine is beyond allcalculations. The wonder drugs of the present age have revolutionized the system of medical treatment and are giving a new life of thousand.
He has got amenities for and comforts of life he had never dreamt of before. He has an electric fan-a soothing balm in sweltering heat, an electric lamp to dispel darkness,
electric lift to carry him in a moment to the topmost floor and so many other amenities. To ease his jaded nerves he has radio, television, gramophone, book, cinema and many other things. He has progressed in terms of wealth and prosperity. He has invented improved methods and techniques to step up production. He has improved the irrigation facilities and agricultural operations a lot and need not depend much on the mercy of nature, Is this progress real?
The word 'progress' admits of so many interpretations and to some extent it is ambiguous also. Progress cannot be called change' because change may be for the better or for the worse. Progress is a purposeful change. Progress cannot be identified with evolution because evolution is partly a process of nature and partly, as the modern philosophers think, a part of unconscious human effort. On the other hand, progress means an improvement over the past consequently progress may be the result of evolution-the evolution which is a natural process. Progress is a change purposefully directed and properly conceived. Conception is the result of planned application of ideas to life.
Progress can be viewed, particularly from materialistic and moral points of view. The glittering civilization with all the attendant mechanical progress and the development of critical faculties may be called material progress. If the world becomes richer in terms of gold, in terms of physical comforts, in terms of the enjoyment of worldly pleasures we call it material progress. By moral progress we mean the illumination of the spiritual self of man and consequently spiritually directed thinking and action. If human being cultivate fine qualities like sympathy for the sufferers, love for human beings, upright character and humanistic approach, we say that man has made moral progress. Through moral progress man becomes a man and not an animal; he uses moral force instead of physical force. He use moral force instead of physical force. He uses them in a constructive manner and not in a destructive way.
All the progress man has made is material progress. As a result of this progress man has become more analytical, objective and mechanical in his attitude. His outlook is now more scientific. His faculties have developed a lot and to a great extent he does not believe in superstition, religion and traditions. He gives importance to more possibilities of thoughts. He ascertains the matter of fact by observation and not by consulting ancient authorities. He accepts only those ideas which express a definite knowledge and prove their worth by discovering new facts. As a result of it, he has become nothing more than a cog in the machine of social mechanism. He has lost his aesthetic sense and moral sense and has become useless as well as dangerous for the society. This materialistic progress has caused suppression of freedom, continuation of atrocities and ageless inhumanity to man. He has no imaginative sympathies for others and has been dehumanized. This progress has apparently turned man into a clever devil.
His capacity to inflict sufferings on his fellows seems limitless. He has more intelligence to exploit other's conditions and make use of their helplessness. His indifference to the cries of the hungry, the racially despised, the dispossessed is abyssmal. He may be a brilliant technician, but as yet he is a pigmy when it comes to making peace and fashioning a new humanity. His constructive efforts become pale and insignificant in comparision with his destructive use of the material progress.
Appollo craft can journey to the mars, but this does nothing in crossing the gulf which separates white man from the black man or rich nations from poor nations. All of his ambitions, ideals and aspirations are self motivated as well as dangerous for the society.
All the materialistic progress is leading man towards the destruction of humanity. It is creating more fear in the minds of the people, making them more frustrated disappointed and dissatisfied . As a result of this, progress cannot be called progress rather it is retrogress which is bringing the doom nearer and nearer.
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