A Critical Study of Social Morality and the Practice of Community Ethics in Rural Communities in Sri Lanka: Selected Few Villages in Puttalam District – Kalpitiya DS Division

Abstract

Community ethics is a subject field, which comes under the developmental ethics. Community development involves every individual in the community. Each individual has a responsibility in the development process. Development means not just the physical development of the country. It should be included the development of social, cultural, environmental, spiritual aspects as well. Social morality is an important aspect here. The objective of this research is to examine the importance of community ethics in the development process. The methodology that has been used here is analytic and descriptive methods. Secondary data was collected through books and research papers and questionnaire method was also used. The data showed there is a strong collaboration in the subjected village. And also some environmental issues also could find. Beyond that it could be say that the social morality has made the villagers to move forward with the undergoing development process by the government.