A study of four theories on the relationship between ethics and politics

Document Type : Research Paper

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PhD student at the University of Qom

Abstract

Explaining the relationship between ethics and politics is one the oldest but most serious issues in political philosophy. This paper tries to study four theories concerning this relationship and to evaluate the correspondent arguments. These four theories concern with the separation of ethics and politics, the conformity of ethics with politics, the two-level ethics, and the unity of ethics and politics.

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