A letter written on behalf of the Guardian states: “We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything will be improved. Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment and is itself also deeply affected by it. The one acts upon the other and every abiding change in the life of man is the result of these mutual reactions.” On the basis of the above quotation, decide whether the following statements are true or false: a. The individual will be transformed only when society has been fully reformed. b. Society’s ills will completely vanish only when its individual members have become spiritual. c. When just laws are enacted, society will be free from oppression, regardless of the way individuals may behave. d. Society will be free from oppression when every individual strives to be just. e. All members of a society can be just even if the legal system operating in it is unjust. f. Once everyone becomes spiritual, the problems of society will be solved. g. An individual’s conduct influences the social environment. h. A just society will be the result of efforts to eliminate unjust structures and to educate individuals to be fair-minded and truth seeking. i. No one can escape the effects of his or her social environment. j. Human beings, aided by their spiritual powers, can overcome the negative effects of the social environment. k. Prejudice will disappear once everyone acknowledges the oneness of humanity. l. Prejudice will disappear only when society eradicates every trace of discrimination in its laws and institutions. m. Every form of prejudice can be abolished through the enactment of just laws and the training of souls to investigate the truth and associate with everyone with love and fellowship. n. When everyone believes that humanity is one, we will have unity. o. The establishment of unity in the world requires the transformation of the individual and of the structure of society.
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