Lecture on ‘common ethical mission in religions’

ALIGARH  : “All religions teach and preach morality that is mostly anchored upon the Love of God and service to humanity, and that is the need of today for peaceful co-existence in India in particular, and globally in general,” said Prof Latif Hussain Shah Kazmi, Department of Philosophy, Aligarh Muslim University, while delivering a lecture on “Common Ethical Mission in Religions for Peaceful Co-Existence in India”, in an International Conference on Reflections on Hundred Years of Philosophy in India, organized as part of the centenary celebrations by the University of Delhi.

He explained the meaning of ethics as one of philosophy’s significant branches and the application of moral philosophy in the world’s great religions like Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam. He gave a brief description of the mentioned religions and brought out the core role of Ethics in the framework of each religion.