Similarity Between Law And Morality

 In spite of the differences, law and morality are also closely related and interdependent. So close is this relation that we can know the morality of a people by studying their legal code and vice versa. Politics cannot really be discovered from morality, because the state is founded on the minds of its citizens, who are moral agents.

A good man will be a good citizen only in a good state, as  Aristole pointed out. Man can develop his moral self only in the good state with good laws. At the same time, the ideas of right and wrong, which represent the ethical standards of the people, must also affect the laws of the state. Thus law and morality are inter related. Their interrelation is both negative and positive.

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