citizens in such a prosperous society. This argument supports the position that the state exists for the benefit of its people. Politics and political ethics are mutually exclusive from the surmised reasoning of Confucius. The justification for this reasoning is the concept of ethics having intent and moral duty. Confucius’ position on the categorical imperative lies within his notion of the state along with his view on the states attribution of immaterial wealth in relation to economic prosperity. Confucius’s analogy of fortune asserts a symbiotic cohesion with the nation’s citizenry. This principle is proficient for validating a relationship based on equity, between the state and men known as the “social contract". However, the Separation
