Machiavelli (1)
- Created by: Olivia Grace Matthews
- Created on: 15-05-16 16:08
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- Machiavelli
- Machiavellianism
- 'Using clever but dishonest methods to deceive people so you can win power or control'.
- He does advocate deception and manipulation but for the common good
- Virtue and Politics
- Emphasis on glory
- Good men lead (sometimes) to bad regimes
- Virtu: qualities that enable man to access fortuna (fortune)
- Politics should manage disharmony
- Fortuna
- Part of our destiny is not in our control but some is thus its worth taking action
- Method
- He emphasised empiricism and realism
- 'The end justifies the means'.
- Machiavelli was a consequentialist
- The well-being, security and stability of the state outweighs other considerations
- The Prince: Virtues and Vices
- Humanist Understanding of Princely Vitrues: be liberal, merciful, truthful
- Machiavelli: In acting like this a ruler may in fact fail in his highest goals
- Learning 'not to be good'.
- 'Any man who is good all the time is bound to come to ruin'.
- A prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how 'not to be good'.
- The Lion and the Fox
- Cicero: Wrong may be done by force or fraud. Both these ways of 'wrong-doing' are bestial
- Force - Lion
- Fraud - Fox
- The fox will discover the snares
- The lion will terrify the wolves
- Machiavellianism
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