Machiavelli (3)
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- Machiavelli (3)
- Vices and Virtues
- Classical virtues appear to be good but are ruinous for the Prince so are actually Vices
- 'No Prince should mind being called cruel for what he does to keep his subjects united and loyal'.
- Love, Fear and Liberality
- Cicero: 'Fear is a poor safeguard of lasting power
- Cicero: Love 'may be trusted to keep it safe forever'.
- Machiavelli: 'Safer for a Prince to be feared than loved'.
- Hatred is extremely dangerous to the Prince
- Reputation for stinginess will eventually be seen as true liberality
- Things that make you hated
- Being rapacious and a violator of property
- Clashes of two Ethical approaches
- Obligations of a responsible political leader vs. Obligations of Christian morality
- Machiavelli thought these two were incompatible
- Virtues of admirable private life like personal integrity etc lead to powerlessness
- Obligations of a responsible political leader vs. Obligations of Christian morality
- Dirty Hands
- 1. It concerns an action that is morally wrong
- 2. The action is performed to achieve an important goal
- 3. The goal cannot be reached without the violation of moral rules
- 4. The action is right
- Vices and Virtues
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