Tag: Ethics

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Major Works

  • The Life of Castruccio Castracani

    - Machiavelli, Niccolò. The Life of Castruccio Castracani. Translated by Andrew Brown. Richmond, UK: Alma Classics, 2019.
    From the publisher: Rising from humble beginnings as a foundling, Castruccio Castracani came to prominence as one of the most powerful and shrewd warlords in Italy. Indeed, Machiavelli argues, so great was his vigour and charisma that – had he not been… More

Commentary

  • Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss

    - Strauss, Leo. Thoughts on Machiavelli. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1958.
    From the publisher: Leo Strauss argued that the most visible fact about Machiavelli’s doctrine is also the most useful one: Machiavelli seems to be a teacher of wickedness. Strauss sought to incorporate this idea in his interpretation without permitting it… More

  • Machiavelli’s Virtue.

    - Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s Virtue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

  • Machiavelli’s Ethics

    - Erica Benner. Machiavelli's Ethics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.