MORALITY for the Ailing and Others is the second volume, a sequel to the work which has been published in 2015 by the title Refugees, Marriage, Asuras and Varied: An Anthology on Applied Ethics, vol. 1 under the editorship of Indrani Sanyal and Ratna Dutta Sharma. This volume, as a continuation of the previous one, has been preoccupied with the objective of highlighting the connection between theory and practice, specifically by taking into consideration the domain of morality. The present volume is a collection of ten articles, authored by distinguished scholars from their respective fields of specialization.
Among the articles included in this volume, two relate to the domain of medical ethics; one relates to the environmental ethics; three others relate to moral concerns about female sexuality, women's position in society and the prescribed code of conduct for women; one article relates to the ethics of politics, whereas three others deal with concepts that may help us in understanding what morality actually is all about, from the point of view of different philosophical traditions. The articles published in this volume commonly deal with different moral codes, practices and some theoretical discussions in their favour or against. The areas of discussion covered are quite wide, and this volume in its orientation is strictly neither Western nor Indian, nor classical, nor modern or postmodern. The authors have exercised their freedom in selection of topics and perspectives from which these essays have emerged. Some of the diverse aspects of human life and society, where questions regarding morality are the burning issues of the day and are required to be addressed, have been touched upon. In the limited span of this volume, it is hardly expected that it would cover most of the aspects of the compelling issues relating to the theory and application in ethics.
We are very thankful to each of the authors for their valuable contributions to this volume and their patient cooperation with us at every point of time. In this connection, we would like to specially thank Krishna Roy, Former Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University; Pushpa Misra, Former Principal, Bethune College and Former Professor of Philosophy, West Bengal Education Service; Pradyot Kumar Mandal, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Burdwan; Roma Chakraborty, Former Professor of Philosophy, University of Calcutta; Raghunath Ghose, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of North Bengal; Gopa Gupta, Former Professor of Philosophy, West Bengal Education Service; Santosh Kumar Pal, Professor of Philosophy, University of Burdwan; Krishna Dutta, Former Professor of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta and Gargi Goswami, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, for their contribution to this volume. Without the cooperation and unflinching support of these learned academicians, the volume would not have seen the light of the day. Two other articles have been contributed by us, editors of this volume, Indrani Sanyal and Ratna Dutta Sharma, both are former professors of Philosophy, Jadavpur University.
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