Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. Machiavelli argued against this Platonic philosophy. ... We can clearly see Machiavelli's objective examination of republican leadership. ... Machiavelli's Republic Considering Machiavelli's concepts of virtu and the functional role of the citizen in state affairs, we can infer that Machiavelli's republicanism is above all else a commitment to the vivere civil or civil life. ...

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These deliberate omissions have come to be a defining staple in the works of Machiavelli. ... Machiavelli provides an express interest in the topic of ingratitude in the republic. ... Establishing a good order of the soul takes time which Machiavelli doesn't believe is available. ... Though in practice Machiavelli deviates away from this idea, it is not to say that he has rejected justice outright. ... Machiavelli consistently describes injustice and ingratitude in light of suspicions, of both princes and the people. ...

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In "The Prince," Machiavelli claims that "I say that every prince ought to wish to be considered kind rather than cruel. ... Machiavelli follows with "a prince, therefore, must be indifferent to the charge of cruelty if he is to keep his subjects loyal and united. ... Machiavelli, however, prefers to see the initial tendency toward self-preservation as a source of fear." ... Machiavelli says that "disorders harm the entire citizenry, while the executions ordered by a prince harm only a few individuals." ... God the King The worldly characteristics of Machiavelli's prince are in contrast w...

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Machiavelli: The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli was born into a time of political upheaval in Italy. ... Machiavelli portrayed men as they were, rather than how they ought to be. ... In Machiavelli's eyes, the main goal of politics was maintaining, increasing and preserving power. ... Machiavelli believes it safer, as, in his theory, all men are wicked. ... A ruler has two worries, according to Machiavelli. ...

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Machiavelli begins by identifying the various types of governments seen up to that time. ... For Machiavelli maintaining existence of the state and power become ends in themselves. ... One of the unique observations Machiavelli makes is the importance of economy in finances. ... On the subject of the use and misuse of cruelty, Machiavelli warns against the misuse of mercy. ... As a corollary to this Machiavelli addresses whether a prince should be loved or feared. ...

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An advocate of physical power, as well as governmental power, Machiavelli stressed the need for virtu, a quality that has been translated to mean "...a union of force and ability...will"(Burckhardt quoted in Machiavelli 195). ... The nature of man, as it was put forth by Machiavelli, was that "...all men are ready to change masters in the hope of bettering themselves. ... (Machiavelli 5). ... (Machiavelli 50). ... He moved back to Machiavelli's notion of the nature of man, but then extended that theory into what he called the "state of nature". ...

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Machiavelli's ideal prince is an individual that is emotionless. ... In Machiavelli's defense, he does explain that the job of a prince isn't for everyone. ... Many politicians use Machiavelli's writing techniques to get their point across. ... Firstly, it is mandatory to take a look at the political atmosphere in which Machiavelli wrote this book. Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy at a time when the country was in political upheaval. ...

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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 Ethics and Machiavellianism and their evaluation of the morality of a business. In order to answer this question in the simplest way I will discuss each of the ethical approaches in the light of the ultimate purpose of business: profit and shareholders' value maximization. This way we will...

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In this way, Mandela takes on many characteristics of Machiavelli. ... Mandela certainly like Machiavelli, knows that in order to get things done and have order in society, one must be feared. However, unlike Machiavelli, the whites and his opposition feared Mandela, not his followers, for they knew if the predominately black South African nation rose, the whites would be out of power, something that appears to come right out of Marx's ideas of the class system. ...

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"When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends." As Mark Twain suggests in this quote, it is a good rule of thumb to live by. People have spend hundreds of years attempting to justify lies. Whether to lie, equivocate, be silent, or tell the truth in any giv...

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The rapper known as Tupac Shakur,was born in 1971 in Bronx, NY. Tupac's struggles began early. When Tupac was young, his mother was a member of the organization known as "The Black Panthers." Tupac survived a hard childhood with a drug addicted mother and the rough streets of Baltimore, where they both moved. Soon after their move, Tupac would attend the Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts. ...

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Prior to his "death" Tupac purchased, read and thoroughly studied the publications and works of Machiavelli, who was a 16th century Italian war strategist who mastered the art of faking ones death, to fool his enemies. ... By changing his name, and studying Machiavelli so closely, could it be that Tupac was taking on the identity of him? ...

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Therefore, the world of that time was characterized by great people who gave a great contribution to humanity, as Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Thomas Moor, Miguel de Cervantes, Michel de Montaigne, Johannes Kleper, Niccolo Machiavelli to name a few. ...

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Introduction EDWARD B. MCLEAN Western man's pursuit of liberty has been constant. Indeed, the concept of liberty is central to Western political thought and history. The following essays, which were the first of the Goodrich Lecture Series at Wabash College, examine the concept of liberty as it h...

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Democracy is a debatable aspect and it centres on different perspectives that are held by different theorists. The heated debate of democracy includes the differing views concerning the definition of democracy, controversy over the suitable form of democracy since there are different forms, lack of ...

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Research and Critical Reflection In 2010, OFSTED produced a report about creative approaches to teaching and learning with a focus on raising standards. They visited 44 schools, 19 of which were secondary schools that had received good or outstanding from their most recent inspection. Where creative approaches to teaching and learning had the biggest impact and the greatest improvements shown was in schools that were considered to be in challenging circumstances: "(schools) with a higher than average proportion of pupils eligible for free schools meals, low attainment on entry and high ra...

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Introduction The assignment is based on the whole character sketch of John Locke and what he felt about almost everything in the spheres of Politics. He was the founder of utilitarianism and that is one of the most important in a democracy. He is one of the few thinkers who never let the consequences around him affect him adversely; in fact he was one of the very few people who learned from their mistakes. There are people who can go on cribbing about their problems, but John Locke was different, he studied them and experimented and made an attempt to understand why it all happens in the ...

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Just War For more than a thousand years Christian ethicists and theologians have used the language of just war theory to determine when it is morally acceptable for a Christian to go to war. The theory has been flexible enough to accommodate political, military, and social change, and still retain its relevance. There is no doubt in the minds of many that the issue of war and the Christian conscience has been a long-standing problem. When asked about war some would allude to the Just War Theory. Just war theorists trace the beginnings of the theory to Augustine's idea of normative...

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Revival of classical learning immediately affected historians, and in one sense Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini followed in the steps of Greek and Roman historians, although their work was original and immediate. ...

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