... in politics again. Although this was definitely one of his motives, he also held the desire to see a unified Italy that could protect itself against outside invaders, as described in chapter XXVI. Aside from this short instance of naming obvious personal motives, the great majority of the book was written in an intentionally objective manner that described how any prince can ... cruelty without considering the morality of taking someone's life and think that he has no regard for ethics. However, Machiavelli acknowledges that cruelty is a necessary evil when he explains in chapter III th...

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... Prince. He does not just make up his theories out of thin air, but bases them on what he has learned. An example of this is when he states in chapter 18 that the only way out of this political nightmare is a form of government in which tyrannical princes have no place, that is, in free republics. Anyone who becomes master ... control is a major political concern of Machiavelli's here, which is not immoral in itself. Although many of his theories do appear to be deceitful and cruel, such as when in Chapter 17 he argues that it is better for a prince to be severe when punishing people rat...

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... 's theory does have contemporary relevance in our political arena. His principals have been adopted around the world because they reveal basic elements of unchanging human nature. (Scharfstein 1995, 177) In chapter 17, Machiavelli asserts that it is better to be feared than love. Until recently, Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein, had used fear to control his large state since 1979. (Eisenberg ... to torture, and repression of their freedom of speech. Saddam's iron grip over his state evidences the truth of Machiavelli's theory, and illustrates the effect of power on man. In Chapter 1...

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... and corruptions that savage man surrendered his rights, not to a single individual, but to the community as a whole. Comment [CB17]: You need to be very careful to properly designate your quotes. Comment [CB18]: You may not need to describe the transition into society in such detail. After establishing man in the state of nature, your next task is to look to ... ...

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... writing, and he felt he had seen enough to justify what he felt a good ruler would constitute. The source within the textbook is a very famous excerpt taken from the 17th chapter of The Prince. It states that a good ruler should prefer to be feared than loved. Machiavelli believes it safer, as, in his theory, all men are wicked. They are ungrateful ... ...

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... institutions can only approximate, and holding it to be realized actually in every republican State (i. e. wherever the people is the Sovereign in fact as well as in right). Book four, chapter two is the most startling passage expressing the latter view: "when in the popular assembly a law is proposed, what the people is asked is not exactly whether it accepts or ... ...

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... institutions can only approximate, and holding it to be realized actually in every republican State (i. e. wherever the people is the Sovereign in fact as well as in right). Book four, chapter two is the most startling passage expressing the latter view: "when in the popular assembly a law is proposed, what the people is asked is not exactly whether it accepts or ... ...

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