Religious Government and Pathology of its Efficiency regarding Moral Education of Society

In addition to government’s responsibility of running the general and ordinary governmental affairs in the economic, political, and administrative fields, it is responsible for supervising to what extent moral values are dominant in society and the use of the influential tools which contribute to preserve and raise the degree of individuals’ royalty to moral norms. Being attached to religion, which consist of moral standards as one of the most important elements of the divine teachings, religious government has a more fundamental duty in this concern. The three-decade experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran has contributed to examining the problems and injuries of a religious government while it is concerned with the moral guidance of a society. The present article deals with the theoretical and practical aspect of this basic issue.