... work seen as supporting a republican form of government by exposing the faults of princedoms, and praise his ability to separate political from moral issues. Machiavelli can also be seen as nave, promoting fraud, force and immorality in politics, using beneficial ends to justify evil means, and betraying republican ideals-. ( Jensen 1960, 152) After a close reading at Niccolo Machiavelli's writings in The Prince, it seems an unfair for people ... today to pigeonhole Machiavelli as an immoral, corrupt writer who rationalizes unethical behavior for the advancement of principalities. Machi...

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