Political ethics from the perspective of two Islamic thinkers: Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi and Khajeh Nizam al-Mulk

The present study aims to analyze political ethics from the perspective of Khajeh Nizam-ol-Molk Tusi and Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi by qualitative content analysis. The three theories used by the researcher in this study were goal-oriented, task-oriented, and virtue-oriented. Thus, by using these theories, in accordance with the theoretical needs of the present study, a theoretical framework for formatting the topics was developed. The positions and views of these two thinkers on the definition of political ethics, civil society, types of civil society and the factors of stability of civil society have been discussed in the form of these three theories: goal-oriented, duty-oriented and virtue-oriented.