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First major work that shifts political morality away from Christian or Greek ethics and towards the Western tradition of political philosophy. |
The Prince - Machiavelli |
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Emphasis on power and instilling fear, controlling other elites/possible rivals |
The Prince - Machiavelli |
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Politics carried on for its own sake, unlimited by anything above it |
The Prince |
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Was the first to argue that politics should have its own rules, with the object being to win or prevail over others..."Moral rules do not exist not made by men, which men must abide by." |
Machiavelli |
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His concern for the "is" rather than the "ought" led to his reputation as the first modern political philosopher & the founder of political science. |
Machiavelli |
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Often in direct opposition and conflict to both the virtues of classical pre-Christian political philosophy and of Christian philosophy theology that sought to assimilate it. |
Machiavellian virtue |
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A virtue that has the ability to contend with changing fortune-- or should be able to. |
Machiavellian virtue as prudence and adaptability |
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Virtue, above all, is... |
The ability to pursue whatever course of action is necessary to achieve one's political objectives. |
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Machiavelli compares fortune to _________. |
A river; an in doing so reveals the attitude he counsels princes to take towards fortune. |
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Machiavelli is primarily concerned with "new principalities," which are... |
Concerned with acquisition and maintenance of power-- both "mixed monarchies" and "new monarchies" deal w both acquisition and maintaining one's acquisition. |
