Literally ‘Morality’ is the quality being moral; conformity, or degree of conformity to conventional standards of moral conduct; system of moral principles. While moral is concerned with or relating to human behaviour, especially the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour; adhering to conventionally accepted standards to conduct. On the other hand, ‘Religion’ is belief in, worship of, or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or to have control of human destiny. This book is a modest attempt to bring together salient features of morality and religion and their practice and applicability in everyday life. Extracted from original sources, this book contains competent critical interpretation of many vital issues concerned with morality and religion. Major among these are: Thinking in Morals; The Nature of the Self; Human Values; Human Rights and Ethical Philosophy; Justice: Ethical and Legal; The Place of Rules in the Moral Life; the Freedom of the Will; Moral Progress as a Belief; Morality and Religion; The Mimamsa and the Sovereignty of Ethical Law in India; The Carvaka and Its Anti-Vedic Materialism etc.
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