Coming to the relation between ethics and politics, Averroe¨s evaluates these two as two parts of the same science. The state, on his view, was the ground which provided the necessary conditions for pursuing a good life. In order to make room for the good of everyone, the ruler had to inculcate virtue in the souls of citizens; and for performing this duty, according to Averroe¨s, the ruler has two choices as he had thoroughly elaborated in Fasl al-Maqa^l: 1. Persuasion, 2. Coercion.