While we doubt any of our 16Personalities readers find themselves in a position akin to Machiavelli’s 16th-century monarch (at least we hope not!), it’s not uncommon for people today to take the view that the end justifies the means – especially in a society that is so often driven ...
Stanley Bing. What Would Machiavelli Do?: The Ends Justify the Meanness. New York:...LEVINSON, MARTIN HInternational Society for General SemanticsEt CeteraBing, S. What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justifies the Meanness. New York: HarperCollins, 2000....
And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with. —Nick Harkaway 23 But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine ...
Do you agree with Machiavelli's idea in The Prince , "The ends justify the means"?Answer and Explanation: I, personally do not believe that. However, you are being asked your opinion. Do you think that sometimes you have to do things incorrectfully or immorally to get...
these conclusions using both explicit and implicit language. Machiavelli states‚ “Therefore‚ a prince must not worry about the reproach of cruelty when it is a matter of keeping his subjects united and loyal…”. There he is using “theendsjustifythemeans”. He’s saying that it is ...
Brett McKay: Welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness podcast. The ends justify the means. It’s better to be feared than loved. Politics have no relation to morals. These are just a few of the maxims and ideas the Italian writer Niccolò Machiavelli is well known for, the cyn...
a Machiavellian. Machiavelli didn’t wish to care for morals or spiritual integrity; however, he didn’t arrange to establish the approach to wickedness. As a matter of fact, he argues that the concept the ends justify the means are meant to be followed, but only when necessary commands fo...
Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was actually a Republican that seems to me after reading “The Prince”, wrote with both a liberal and conservative feel. He seemed to examine the methods by which a state could exert their power in which the ends would justify the means in their process ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook consequentialism (redirected fromEnds justify the means) Idioms con·se·quen·tial·ism (kŏn′sĭ-kwĕn′shə-lĭz′əm) n. The view that the value of an action derives solely from the value of its consequences. ...
Troy Southgate May 10, 2025 TO some extent, Machiavelli’s concluding remarks are that of an Italian patriot, but given his belief that the ends justify the means it is doubtful whether he is capable of remaining loyal to anything. One of the first contentions in this final section, […]...