Often, we think philosophy is only for the weirdos and boring people, but we fail to recognize why it is the most crucial aspect in any society. If we consider a pyramid of hierarchy, then philosophy sits at the top. When there are multiple philosophies around from different philosophers, people pick and choose which one they want to follow, and slowly over time it becomes their ideology. Now, the basic difference between philosophy and ideology is that the former is open to exploration while the latter is fixed. And for such reasons when we draft laws and frameworks we don’t use philosophy, but we use faith, religion or ideology as the motivating tool. It is because we need something concrete, so that we can dot the i's and cross the t’s. The problem that arises with ideologies is that they become stagnant and emit a stench like a cesspool. The only way is to find another ideology to fill the vacuum, which in a few decades will also have the same outcome. Whether it is the Ten Commandments of Moses or any religious guideline it is bound to have the same fate. However, if a process existed where the ideology is completely flexible, allowing laws and frameworks to derive their guidelines directly from philosophical principles. That would require a philosophy that is flexible and yet fixed when needed. Now, such a philosophy is the concept of Dharma, it is flexible yet it is fixed. The assessment is made on a case-by-case basis. The law is not all-encompassing, as it can’t anticipate every scenario; amending the constitution frequently would make it excessively long and bloated. It is because of these numerous possibilities that we can never have laws of Dharma, but we will always have laws of Karma, because we will know how to act irrespective of the situation or circumstances. Once the top is fixed, i.e., the philosophy is taken care of, the entire pyramid gets taken care of. It is my belief that if Dhananjaya were to reclaim his Gandiva in the present, he would aim his arrows at broken ideologies and philosophies, not at individuals.
