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

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

This paper contends that Machiavelli's collected works laid the foundation for the beginnings of modern political science. This te...

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...

This paper discusses Machiavelli's, The Prince. The author addresses Centaur Chiron's role, political themes, and lessons that ca...

You will encounter many obstacles, both within your own government and from other nations. You should be careful to surround yours...

The Prince, it is clear that they came from a multitude of places, but most notably from the example of Borgia. Some ideas would c...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

of all possible worlds, at least as he saw it. Much of The Prince looks at the world through the eyes of the monarch. Machiavel...

In six pages the realist theory and Machiavelli's political influence are examined within the context of the contemporary war with...

science or subjects in the humanities do not. Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a qu...

the effects of "Original Sin" (Hundersmarck 133). While Machiavelli agreed with this stance, he did not do so because of theology....

concern the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and t...

the creation of the universe. Genesis says that at first the earth was covered by water. Scientists claimed, even at that time, th...

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

This paper examines if Niccolo Machiavelli or Plato would have provided Ralph with better advice on governing the island in this a...

the most intelligent way to go about ruling a community or a state. But, as indicated in the introduction, there are places where ...

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

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

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...

Concerning war for example, Machiavelli (1515) writes: "With us there is great justice, because that war is just which is necessa...

culpable. It is true that many other nations, such as France, opposed the war effort in Iraq. Did the U.S. overstep its bounds? Wh...

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

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

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...

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

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

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

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