ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the various questions which arise under the general heading of ‘morals and politics’. The main argument for suggesting that a government should encourage the pursuit of ideals so understood is simply that such pursuits are good in themselves; they satisfy the non-material needs and aspirations of the citizens and it seems a legitimate governmental function to do this. In discussing the nature of government it is customary to distinguish three organs – Executive, Legislative, and Judicial -which are jointly responsible for the processes of government, and an adequate account of the Government’s function as an independent arbiter must refer to all three. Morality can therefore be allowed to enter the enactment of international policies. And if morality is allowed into the enactment of international policies it may be difficult to say that it has no place at all in the actual policies themselves.
