Politics and morality - this is the most complex relationship of politics to moral standards accepted in society. Both of these concepts represent the organizational and control spheres of society, however, they function in it differently.
The moral is designed to restrain a person and prevent him from committing bad and unworthy acts. If we turn to the history of primitive society, it was in it that it was the main institution for managing small social communities. When states and political institutions began to emerge, two management systems appeared - morality and politics.
Note that these two concepts have completely different sources for creating a managerial structure. So, for morality, these are traditions, customs, and values, that is, it has a normative-value background. As for politics, it is based on the interests of all social groups, which then develop into laws. However, there are situations when the ruling elite imposes on society those laws that protect only its interests, infringing on all the others.
In addition, politics and morality still have many differences. So, moral requirements are universal and do not apply to any specific existing situation. In addition, they are very abstract in nature, because they are sometimes difficult to evaluate. The policy is obliged to take into account specific social conditions that are manifested in the case of the development of a particular situation. Its requirements are quite specific, therefore, for their violation, a punishment is always and always imposed.
Note that the ratio of these two concepts worried all researchers, since ancient times. Thus, Confucius, Plato, Socrates and Aristotle believed that good laws do not guarantee justice in the country if the ruler does not have the appropriate moral qualities. Politics and morality in their vision were not divided.
For the first time, theoretically, N. Machiavelli tried to separate these two concepts, who claimed that every person has an insidious nature. Therefore, the ruler, when he needs to maintain power, is able to resort to the use of any means that do not always correspond to generally accepted moral standards. Note that totalitarian regimes often apply precisely immoral and immoral policies. At first glance, it is considered very effective and pragmatic, but over time, this state of affairs leads to the corruption of society and political figures.
Note that the interaction of law and morality at different stages of the development of society took place in different ways. For example, immoral politics can also hide behind liberalistic ideas, which was characteristic of the Russian political situation in the 90s of the 20th century. The means by which all the proclaimed democratic slogans tried to put into practice were not only immoral, but also criminal in terms of law.
However, we note that the management of society, which is based only on moral principles, is also utopian. The fact is that morality has a limitation in action in terms of time and space. After all, what was previously considered positive, then can be harshly criticized, what is good for someone, for the rest is bad. And all moral principles are very difficult to "translate" into the language of legal norms and managerial decisions.
Thus, politics and morality are concepts that are very difficult to combine in practice. As a rule, specific political interests are always in the foreground. However, society must control the ruling elite, because its policy risks becoming immoral.
