Ambedkar proposes state-certified, non-hereditary priesthood as a reform.

Evidence

Ambedkar’s main concern was to privilege and legalise “constitutional morality” over the traditional, social morality of the caste system. Speaking in the Constituent Assembly on 4 November 1948, he said, “Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 109 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ambedkar sought to replace caste social morality with cultivated constitutional morality — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 109

Related

• Ambedkar sought to replace caste social morality with cultivated constitutional morality (similarity 0.93)
• Ambedkar proposed replacing caste with liberty, equality, and fraternity (similarity 0.89)
• Ambedkar extended Dewey’s associated life into a demand that democracy pervade all social spheres (similarity 0.88)
• Ambedkar sought to make Hindu priesthood a state-licensed non-hereditary profession (similarity 0.85)
• Ambedkar argued that destroying caste required destroying its religious foundations, not just inter-caste marriages (similarity 0.81)
• Caste can only be destroyed by attacking its religious foundations (similarity 0.81)
• Social order change must precede all other progress (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities (similarity 0.79)
• The final Indian Constitution diluted Ambedkar’s more radical safeguards and reforms (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar pursued both revolution and constitutionalism, leaving an unresolved tension (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar rejected any religion that legitimizes existing social inequities. (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar declared caste inequality must be rooted out, not merely untouchability (similarity 0.79)
• Nation and morality cannot be built on the foundations of caste. (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar saw control of women’s sexuality as a method of caste reproduction. (similarity 0.78)
• The Indian Constitution diluted Ambedkar’s radical safeguards against caste (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ambedkar sought to replace caste social morality with cultivated constitutional morality #expands (0.80) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 109