The Relationship between Ethics and Politics from Aristotle's Point of View

Ethics and politics belong to practical wisdom which aims at providing felicity and happiness among human beings. Happiness is the central concept in the Aristotelian ethics wherein he seeks something which is desired for its own sake not for the sake of something else, that is, the supreme good which is the same as happiness. The society should also seek supreme good because it is through the society’s happiness that individual happiness is achieved and vice versa. Ethics has to do with the personal characteristics of human beings for the basic reason that individuals live in the society. The philosophy of politics is also about the social life, behaviour and performance of human beings. The present article intends to explain the relationship between ethics and politics.