Question

“Democracy stands much superior to any other form of government in promoting the dignity and freedom of the individual.” Justify this statement.

Answer 1

Hint: Democracy is defined as the government of the people, for the people and by the people. It is considered a better form of government than others such as anarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship etc.

Complete Step by Step answer: Democracy stands much superior to any other form of government in terms of rights, freedom of an individual or providing with any sense of disagreement.
Citing a few examples such as:-
(I) Dignity of women:-
From ancient times, it has been noticed that our society has always been dominated by males, but it is Democracy that has given the rights to women to be at par with the men and contribute to society.
(ii) Caste imbalances/Caste Inequalities:-
The only form of government where all the religions, all the people and all the castes are treated equally is the form of democracy, where a person is treated with the respect not on the basis of where is born but with values he has and this is the most important aspect of any form of government.
 (iii) Public articulation of disappointment.
There are always two sides of any opinion and it is this, the form of government where until all the opinions match, the person has the right to cite his disagreement and raise his voice and also suggest an argument for the same, thus it is conclusive the democracy is the only form where a person has got its freedom along with his rights, thus becoming the best form of government.

Note: Recently, the Economist Intelligence Unit released the Democracy Index for 2019. Norway stood first while North Korea was at the bottom. Out of 167 countries, India was ranked 51.