Ethical politics in the time that Cicero's piece, Duties of the Individuals to the State demonstrates similar, yet some different views on ethical politics today. Cicero, in his essay, emphasized different qualities than would be emphasized today. He also accentuated some similar practices in modern government.

There are three major similarities that Cicero presents in his composition. First, a man must be able to single out the guilty from the innocent. "And it is a great man's duty...to single out the guilty for punishment, to spare the many, and in every turn of fortune to hold true and honorable course." (Paragraph 10). This statement can be branched out into court houses when the judge is a great man who must be able to analyze and determine the culpable from the lawful. Second, to keep the good of the people in view. The government...