Question

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely- justify this statement with respect to the story ‘Footprints without Feet’ Answer in about 100 words

Answer 1

An observation that a person's sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. The statement was made by Lord Acton, a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Between 1837 and 1869 he was known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet. He is perhaps best known for the remark, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men...", which he made in a letter to an Anglican bishop.

Answer 2

Answer:

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It is right. If someone is more powerful than other then he/she will try to opress the weaker one. In the story footprint without feet The scientist Griffin committed many anti-social deeds for which he never felt guilty.