However, a prince that is both feared and loved is considered to be noble. Free-spending or Parsimonious The next attribute of a Machiavellian prince is whether the free-spending prince or the parsimonious, tightfisted prince makes for a better ruler. ... In "The Prince," Machiavelli claims that "I say that every prince ought to wish to be considered kind rather than cruel. ... He goes on to explain that a little cruelty for those deserving of punishment, for example criminals and malcontents, they suffer alone. ... Christ is the Prince as well as the Savior, Prince of the world and of th...

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That action can be whatever the prince determines is necessary to achieve the ends sought. ... He believes that these injure a whole community, while the executions ordered by a prince fall only upon a few individuals. ... While inflicting a little cruelty in the beginning will prevent further actions of similar deviant behavior. As a corollary to this Machiavelli addresses whether a prince should be loved or feared. ... Relying on the premise that the end always justifies the means, Machiavelli concludes that the prince should not swerve from good if possibl...

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Many people associate business and its practices with greed and love for profit, which most of the times is directly related to immorality. In this paper I will try to answer the question "Is business ethics an oxymoron?" by examining four ethical approaches: Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Virtue Ethic...

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