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terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...

the consequences of these actions. King Lear is an eighty-year-old English monarch who is preparing for retirement. His major di...

classical realism and to assess the general ethical issues raised by realism and the relationship between science and politics" (F...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...

This paper contrasts and compares the political philosophies of theorists John Locke and Niccolo Machiavelli in 5 pages. Two sour...

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

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

In five pages this paper discusses Machiavelli's views on the concepts of power and leadership. Three sources are cited in the bi...

require freedom. It would not be until much later, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, that the world would see imme...

to order--cruelty, deception, and force were all justified in his view if these forces accoplished the desired goals. In wielding ...

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...

or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...

rather than singular pleasures. He had an obligation to answer grievances, to hear both sides of a story and to reach some type o...

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

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

theory is brought forth numerous times throughout Aristotles well-read and well-quoted Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotles vie...

but rather as things were at the time. That one shouldnt strive for better is insinuated, but with the reality of the throne, come...

design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...

seems to possess a great deal of truth. According to Machiavelli, the conventional wisdom is that a prince "should try not to ins...

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

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

In six pages this research paper defines morality within the context of Kant's philosophy and also considers supreme morality's va...

the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...

soldier Cesare Borgia, who was at that time engaged in enlarging his holdings in central Italy (pp. 443). Much of what Machiavelli...

and was able to study their political tactics, particularly those of the ecclesiastic and soldier Cesare Borgia, who was at that t...

influential thinkers of the ancient age. Despite their obvious inter-related lives, they still had significantly differing opinio...

the fomentation of rebellion, and to encourage individuals to occupy themselves with private rather than state matters. He saw it ...

ground, whether that is through dialectical discourse or reason (1994). Barber claims that neither approach leaves any room for po...

explains more precisely: " There were too many volunteers and too few heavy machines. But then, rather quickly, a crude management...