Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Payam Noor University, Abadan, Iran.
2 Department of Political Studies of Islamic Revolution, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid University, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
One of the most important issues in the field of political science and political thought has always occupied the minds of many thinkers and theorists in this field is what is the place of moral-value principles in politics. The views of thinkers in this field are different and numerous. Also important is the area of practical policy. Therefore, the present study intends to explain the position of moral principles and values in politics from the perspective of Aristotle and Imam Ali (AS) by analytical-comparative method. The findings of the research show that both emphasize the inseparable connection between ethics and politics. But nevertheless, Aristotle, as the representative of ancient Greece, considers living according to virtue as the criterion for the desirability of political society and the attainment of prosperity. But according to the monotheistic worldview of Imam Ali (AS), he considers Sharia as an integral element of politics and introduces the best kind of politics as divine politics. These principles and values are so important to them that they immediately choose the divine morals and values in the conflict between politics and these principles. In fact, government is a means to achieve and govern religious values and moral principles in human society.
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