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Machiavelli's Ethics (Electronic book text)
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Machiavelli's Ethics (Electronic book text)
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Machiavelli's Ethics challenges the most entrenched understandings
of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political
philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of
men, that he had a coherent theory of justice, and that he did not
defend the "Machiavellian" maxim that the ends justify the means.
By carefully reconstructing the principled foundations of his
political theory, Erica Benner gives the most complete account yet
of Machiavelli's thought. She argues that his difficult and
puzzling style of writing owes far more to ancient Greek sources
than is usually recognized, as does his chief aim: to teach readers
not how to produce deceptive political appearances and rhetoric,
but how to see through them. Drawing on a close reading of Greek
authors--including Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and
Plutarch--Benner identifies a powerful and neglected key to
understanding Machiavelli.This important new interpretation is
based on the most comprehensive study of Machiavelli's writings to
date, including a detailed examination of all of his major works:
The Prince, The Discourses, The Art of War, and Florentine
Histories. It helps explain why readers such as Bacon and Rousseau
could see Machiavelli as a fellow moral philosopher, and how they
could view The Prince as an ethical and republican text. By
identifying a rigorous structure of principles behind Machiavelli's
historical examples, the book should also open up fresh debates
about his relationship to later philosophers, including Rousseau,
Hobbes, and Kant.
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