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    Machiavelli's most famous work The Prince outlines different types of principalities and how they can be acquired and maintained. It discusses hereditary principalities, new principalities, and civil principalities gained through support from citizens. Machiavelli believes a ruler is not bound by traditional ethics and should do what is necessary to gain and keep power, including deceit, violence, or changing laws. He analyzes how different rulers, like Alexander the Great, were able to maintain control over new territories. The work was controversial for suggesting immoral actions can be justified for political success.

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    Machiavelli's most famous work The Prince outlines different types of principalities and how they can be acquired and maintained. It discusses hereditary principalities, new principalities, and civil principalities gained through support from citizens. Machiavelli believes a ruler is not bound by traditional ethics and should do what is necessary to gain and keep power, including deceit, violence, or changing laws. He analyzes how different rulers, like Alexander the Great, were able to maintain control over new territories. The work was controversial for suggesting immoral actions can be justified for political success.

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    NICCOLO` MACHIAVELLI

    THE CITY OF FLORENCE


     Machiavelli a lifelong citizen of Florence
     Italy divided into city states, not united nation
    Unlike feudal Europe, northern Italy dominated by cities which
    became major trading and economic centers
     Individual identities aided by mountainous geography
    which prevented communication, etc.
    While Catholic church important, distance allowed the city states
    to be relatively independent
     Battle between states for power, constant changing of
    governments & leaders
    FLORENCE, ITALY
    MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527)
    Machiavelli raised in Florence
     Born at a time when there was continual struggle for power between city
    states, church
    Father was a well-known attorney
     Is thought Machiavelli family descended from Tuscan royalty
    Educated in Florence, which was one of the leading educational centers in
    Europe
    At age 29, elected to office in Florence
     Part of a diplomatic council in charge of negotiation and military affairs
    MACHIAVELLI’S CAREER
     As part of work, sent to the courts of Spain, France, Germany,
    the Papacy in Rome, and a variety of the Italian city states
     Between 1503-1506, in charge of Florence’s militia
    Preferred to used invested citizen soldiers rather than mercenaries,
    a point he makes in The Prince
     In August, 1512 the Medici take control of Florence
    Old ruling family, out the republic set up in Florence
     Machiavelli arrested and tortured, but is eventually allowed to
    go free and into exile
    While in exile is when he writes The Prince
    MEANING; A GOOD OUTCOME EXCUSES
    ANY WRONGS COMMITTED TO ATTAIN IT.

    IF YOU COULD SAVE THE WORLD BY KILLING


    SOMEONE, WOULD YOU DO IT?

    If “Yes,” then a morality right


    outcome justifies the immoral
    means to achieve it.
     The morality of action

     The morality of the outcome

     The morality of the person performing the action


    THE PRINCE
    Machiavelli's most famous work, The Prince, was written in
    1513 but only published after his death (1532; trans. 1640) It
    describes the often crafty, cunning and unscrupulous methods
    by which a prince can acquire and maintain political power.
    The work immediately provoked controversy and was soon
    condemned by Pope Clement VIII. This study is based on
    Machiavelli's belief that a ruler is not constrained by
    traditional ethical norms. In his view, a prince should be
    concerned only with power and be bound only by rules that
    would lead to success in political actions.
    CHAPTER 1
    HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE,
    AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED

    A state can be:

     Republic
     Principality
    Hereditary
    New
    CHAPTER 2

    CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES

    An hereditary principality is stable because the natural


    prince has less reason and need to give offence
    and unless extraordinary vices cause him to be hated, it is
    reasonable to expect that his subjects will be naturally
    well disposed towards him.
    CHAPTER 3

    COMPOSITE PRINCIPALITIES

    Difficulties occur in a new principality. A new prince


    is always compelled to injure those who have made
    him the new ruler, subjecting them to the troops and
    imposing the endless other hardships which his new
    conquest entails.
    To enter a new territory one needs the goodwill of the
    inhabitants.
    If the states share the same language and culture, it is easy
    to hold them securely after destroying the line of the
    former ruling prince. The new prince should not change
    laws nor taxes.
    If they have different languages, one must go live there in
    person, or establish settlements.
    The new prince should also protect small neighbouring
    powers and weaken those which are strong.
    The prudent ruler anticipates political disorders.
    CHAPTER 4

    WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED


    BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE
    SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH

    Principalities can be governed in two different ways: either


    by a prince, with a body of servants, who assist him to
    govern the kingdom as ministers by his favor and
    permission; or by a prince and barons, who hold that
    dignity by antiquity of blood and not by the grace of the
    prince. In states governed by a prince and his servants,
    the prince has more authority.
    CHAPTER 5

    CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR


    PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN
    LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED

    There are three courses for those who wish to hold them:
    the first is to ruin them, the next is to reside there in
    person, the third is to permit them to live under their
    own laws, drawing a tribute, and establishing within it
    an oligarchy which will keep it friendly to you.
    CHAPTER 6

    Concerning new principalities which are


    acquired by one’s own arms and ability
    The prince depends on his abilities
    Private citizens become princes either through luck or
    through ability
    Those who become a prince through their own strength have
    difficulty in gaining power
    Establishing new state is always troublesome
    CHAPTER 7
    Concerning new principalities which are acquired by
    one’s own arms and good fortune

    • Citizens who become princes through luck or the favor


    of others find it easy to acquire their states, but difficult
    to keep them
    CHAPTER 8

    Concerning those who have obtained a principality


    by wickedness
    There are two(2) ways to become a prince:

     By criminal means or
     Private citizens choose a ruler from their fellow citizens
    CHAPTER 9
    Concerning a Civil Principality

    • When private citizens become rulers through the favor of


    their fellow citizens, these may be called civil
    principalities.

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