Morality/Ethics and Politics: An Inter-Relationship

• Samsul Alam Choudhury Samsul

  Govt. Degree Colege, Santirbazar, South Tripura

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A homocentric worldview, in which humans are superior to all other kinds of existence, has historically been maintained by classical philosophy and biology. This unquestioned presumption placed human interests, goals, and satisfactions at the centre of value production and social organization, influencing both theoretical and practical understandings of life. The field of morality emerged as a framework for directing and influencing behaviour as a result of this anthropocentric orientation's gradual regulation of human relations through norms, customs, and quasi-transcendental principles. Although morality is defined lexically as the difference between right and wrong or good and terrible, this definition is nevertheless insufficient to convey its conceptual richness and paradigmatic complexity. Morality serves as a system of judgment, behavioural correction, and social interaction in addition to being a binary opposition to immorality, as organized ethical interpretations progressively replaced customary meanings. The study emphasizes the multifaceted nature of morality and its influence on society values and human behaviour, drawing on Frankena's categorization of moral judgments. Therefore, the abstract highlights the shift from an unquestioned homocentric premise to a sophisticated philosophical investigation into the origin and purpose of morality.

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