The document provides an introduction to the play "Tughlag" by Girish Karnad. It depicts the struggle and failure of the ruler Tughlaq who dreams of being an ideal ruler and establishing a utopia in India. However, he fails to provide enough food for people and introduces debased copper coins. His behavior is also unethical, as he tricks and murders political rivals. The document discusses how some of Tughlaq's actions align with the ethics theories of utilitarianism, distributive justice, and egoism, such as releasing a political prisoner for his own benefit. However, his failure to properly punish others goes against distributive justice.

1. Presented by:
Group – 7, Section - B
11P064 – Aditya Bansal
11P066 – Animesh
11P069 - Anupriya Asthana
11P094 - Nitin Kumar Gupta
11P099 - Prithi Singh Banipal
11P120 - Yashwanth Reddy

2. Introduction
 Tughlag is Girish Karnad’s first successful experiment
 First written in Kannada in 1964 & later translated into
English
 Depicts the struggle and spectacular failure of a personality
who dreams of becoming an ideal ruler and establishing a
utopia
 A strong parallelism between the reign of Tughlaq and
Nehru era in post-independent India

3. Ethics
 Not a worthy ruler
 Not able to provide enough food for the people in the kingdom
 Introduced copper coins which had same value as silver coins
 Shifted capital from Delhi to Daulatabad
 Unethical behavior
 Tricking Sheikh Imam-ud-Din during the public meeting
 Murder of Sheikh Imam-ud-Din
 Tughlaq killed his brother and father to win the throne
 Aziz and Azam didnt help a woman whose child was ill

4. Ethics
 Equality in Justice
 Giving land back to the Brahmin
 Stoning of his Step Mother
 Releasing Ain-ul-Mulk
 Releasing Aziz

5. Applicable ethics theories
Utilitarian Theory
Definition: Greatest benefits for the largest number
Supporting example: Imam-ud-din agrees to act as Tughlaq’s peace emissary for the
benefit of people from both the sides.
Distributive Justice
Definition: Equality of burden and benefit
Supporting example: When Tughlaq found that his step mother had got Najib
killed, he ordered stoning of his step mother.
Theory of Egoism
Definition: An action is morally right if the decision-maker freely decides in order
to pursue either their (short-term) desires or their (long-term) interests
Supporting example: He forgave Aziz and let him free thinking he was the only
person who understood him. Aziz should have been given some punishment due to
his poor deeds.

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