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Machiavelli Democrac
Machiavellian Democracy POLS 2300 Midterm Review UofU
Question | Answer |
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When? | Rennaissance, led to the revival of the Polity |
Role of the Leader? | Secular, politics should be a pragmatic science |
Human Nature? | All men are inherently evil, that's why the must be constrained by the rule of law |
When can Princes Rule? | When they are brought up constrained by the rule of law, but even then a people grown to a similar constraint will be more virtuous than a prince who is more subject to whims and extravagences. |
Thesis | Defects in character are no more natural to the public than to Princes, in fact, the people raised with a similar sense of law are often capable of having more virtue than princes. |