Consider the following important points of distinction between political science and ethics and choose the correct answer using the options given below:
1. The subject-matter of politics is the political behaviour of man but ethics is concerned with his ethical behaviour.
2. Political Science is normative, practical and descriptive but ethics is mainly normative and theoretical.
3. Political Science is concerned with 'is' and 'ought', but ethics is primarily concerned with 'ought'.
4. Political Science is concerned with man as a moral being but ethics deals with man as a citizen.
5. Political Science is concerned primarily with the external aspect of man but ethics is concerned with the inner development of human beings.
A. 1, 2, 3 and 5
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 3 and 4
Answer: Option A
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