Question

According to Forster, which of the following is too idealistic to be universally practiced?

• A. Tolerance
• B. Justice
• C. Love
• D. Equality

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Love

• What is the most important virtue needed in a post-war world? Most people would say ‘Love’. Forster does not agree with it and says’ “Love is a great force in private life: it is indeed the greatest of all things, but love in public affairs does not work…”

• The Christian Civilizations during the Middle Ages and the French Revolutionists tried it but failed.

• Nations and peoples should love one another is an absurd and dangerous idea. ‘The fact is we can love only what we know personally’.

• Love, he suggests, is often too idealistic and demanding to be universally practiced, but tolerance is achievable for the average person.