JOSEPH
CONRAD’S LORD JIM AND MORALITY
Morality is essential for every one
to live life austere. Concept of morality seems to be rather complicated. It is
rather difficult to decide what is right and what is wrong. Prevailed
principles are the guidelines for deciding things right or wrong. If any
action, manner or behaviuor dose not falls into the orbit of these principles,
the action may be called immoral or wrong. But from the other point of view,
the same action may be found wrong. But there are some norms for judging the
behaviour of a man in a particular society or a group of people. Normally there
may not be any ambiguity in deciding features like: lust, ambition, revenge,
character, greed, and hate. In order to live life austere one requires following
these social and individual restraints. It dose not mean that immoral or
demoralized man can not live happily. On the contrary the present scenario of
the society is so clear to reveal that only immorality gives man power,
prestige, fame and wealth. People those believe in ethics, morality or values
seem to suffer from the point of view of materialistic attitude. But it is not
true, because the demoralization does not give such persons peace of mind or
any kind of satisfaction. For such kind of satisfaction man needs morals to
preserve, and ethics to follow. Though materialism tempts like a snake to Eve,
man should try to remain away from it. Because it spoils man, and he falls into
the abyss of darkness of: immorality, Lust, power, hate, ambition, cruelty and
greed.
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