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Ronald Reagan's Presidential Leadership

be stuck with high budget deficits. Economics aside, Ronald Reagan is considered an excellent leader and polished president. His...

A Comparison of Gandhi and Machiavelli

are implications in relation to political leaders and others who rule. Clearly, Machiavelli sees politicians differently than he s...

Chris Matthews/Hardball

with the name of Chris Matthews because this is the name of the MSNBC television show on which Matthews appears as the host. Howev...

A Critique of the Utopia in the Voice of Machiavelli

course, many will argue with this precept, suggesting that the people should rule regardless. Yet, I believe that the people would...

Mead on Warfare

that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...

Just Hypocrisy in Pisan and Machiavelli

student explore the profundity of the ideological shift represented by de Pisan and Machiavelli. To be certain, the advocation of ...

Gramsci, Levi-Strauss and Machiavelli

he also suggests that this "writing," in allowing the chief to retain his position, is in effect reducing the rest of the tribe to...

Book review/Niccolo's Smile

it and hold it, are equated in contemporary society with the most ruthless of dictatorship, that is, leadership that is characteri...

Social Order and Humanity

speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...

Transatlantic Relations and the Impact of the Euro

With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...

Power and Leadership

In five pages this paper discusses power and leadership concepts according to the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli. Three sour...

Comparison Between Niccolo Machiavelli and Martin Luther King Jr.

leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of the people in...

Politics and Self Interest

In eight pages this paper examines the concepts of Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke as they relate to politics a...

Erasmus and Machiavelli Compared

In a paper consisting of five pages Erasmus's In Praise of Folly and The Prince by Machiavelli are compared. Two sources are cite...

US Presidential Candidate John F. Kerry

themselves. This is common sense, but such political writings were rather rare in his day whereas today, politicians are continual...

Philosophers and Justice Throughout History

an ends justify the means ideology. To Machiavelli, justice has to do with an end. One can take Machiavellis concept a bit furthe...

King Claudius and Machiavelli

This essay pertains to the anthropocentric worldview of King Claudius in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Machiavelli, drawing on his te...

Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Niccolo Machiavelli

In twenty pages this paper discusses how the statesmanship concept of Niccolo Machiavelli manifests itself in Parts One, Two, and ...

Man's Interests, Politics, and the Perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli and John Locke

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and the Social Contract of John Locke in a cons...

Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Freud on Morality Imposed by the State

In eight pages this research paper discusses whether or not morality can be reinforced in citizens by the state in a comparative a...

Women as Perceived by Niccolo Machiavelli

In ten pages this paper examines how Machiavelli perceived women and how they are perceived by past and present society. Nine sou...

Different Views of the Same Story

In five pages this paper applies the different philosophical perspectives of Machiavelli, Rousseau, and Kant in the retelling of t...

Hobbes and Machiavelli on Human Nature

In ten pages this essay considers human nature from the perspectives of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli. Two sources are ci...

Machiavelli and Modern Writers on the Athenian Thesis

In six pages this paper examines how Machiavelli and contemporary writers would regard the Athenian Doctrine or Thesis. Four sour...

Benjamin Franklin on the Relationship Between Society and Self

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

Social Role of Leadership During a Political Crisis

reasons, among them the reaction of fear and disbelief. John Stuart Mill addressed the fatalism of his age by theorizing the prin...

Contemporary Machiavellianism

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

Philosophical Views on Individual Good v. Community Good

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

Cruelty According to Machiavelli

can look at contemporary examples to prove this point. For instance, there is something called an intervention in twelve step prog...

Drug Law Philosoophy

background, the points which Gray (2001) makes are surprising to say the least. Gray (2001) sees the war we as a society are wagi...