The influence of ethics on politics

The relationships between ethical principles and political requirements have proven to be controversial. In this paper, firstly I will propose a definition of ethics and politics. Then, I will analyze two illustrations of the unavoidable structural conflict between ethics and politics: wars and immigration policies. In those cases political goods require ethical evils. Then, I will refer to conflicts which claim to be rooted on the cultural and historical idiosyncrasies of certain nations. Finally, I will refer to several situations in which ethics and politics share common objectives and other ones in which they just follow independent courses.