Ethical communication scholars frequently find national popular rhetoric unethical. Some proposed ethical guidelines for the public presentation of ideas call for such elements as habits of search, justice, preference for public versus private motives, respect for dissent, airing of all relevant arguments, and persuasion without coercion or suppression of evidence. Mahatma Gandhi's means for resolving differences publicly conform to such guidelines of ethical public communication. Gandhi's method for interacting with others--satyagraha, or the pursuit of truth--addresses the problem of how to engage in conflict (including public discussion) in a constructive rather than an annihilating way. The tenets of satyagraha (truth, nonviolence, and self-suffering) provide that communicating individuals (1) develop an interacting force with their opponent that enables a new pattern of interaction to emerge; (2) reject acts of violence, symbolic violence, and absolutes, and instead seek truth between conflicting parties as a mutually satisfactory solution as yet unknown; (3) seek triumph not in their position but over the situation by realizing a synthesis of opposing claims; and (4) be prepared to abandon a previous position and embrace that of the opponent if so persuaded. Gandhi's method focuses on the interaction itself, one's overall communication orientation, and, uniquely, the absence of violence. (JG)