Tag: Morality

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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

  • “The Ferocious Wisdom of Machiavelli”

    - Conor Cruise O'Brien. "The Ferocious Wisdom of Machiavelli." In The Suspecting Glance. London: Faber and Faber, 1972.

  • “The Theme of ‘Gloria’ in Machiavelli”

    - Russell Price. "The Theme of Gloria in Machiavelli." Renaissance Quarterly 30 (1977): 588-631.

  • “Machiavelli’s Unchristian Charity”

    - Clifford Orwin. "Machiavelli's Unchristian Charity." American Political Science Review 72, no. 4 (1978): 1217-28.

  • Niccolò Machiavelli: Storia del suo pensiero politico

    - Gennaro Sasso. Niccolò Machiavelli: Storia del suo pensiero politico. Bologna: il Mulino, 1980.

  • Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli’s Confidence Men

    - Wayne A. Rebhorn. Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli's Confidence Men. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.

  • “Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil” by Pierre Manent

    - Manent, Pierre, Rebecca Balinski, and Jerrold Seigel. “Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil.” In An Intellectual History of Liberalism, 1:10–19. Princeton University Press, 1995.
    Excerpt: How shall we begin? Where do we begin? The period preceding the establishment of liberal regimes is conventionally called the ancien régime—an entirely retrospective or negative designation to which another, positive or prospective one is bound to… More

  • Machiavelli’s God

    - Maurizio Viroli. Machiavelli's God. Translated by Antony Shugaar. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Originally published as Il Dio di Machiavelli e il problema morale dell'Italia (Rome: Laterza, 2005).

Multimedia

  • Is Machiavelli a Moralist or a Realist?

    - "Is Machiavelli a Moralist or a Realist?" Program on Constitutional Government Panel: Erica Benner (Yale); Michelle Clarke (Dartmouth); Clifford Orwin (Toronto). Harvard University, Cambridge, MA September 20, 2013.
    In September, 2013, the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University sponsored a conference on Machiavelli–timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s Prince. There were four panels in total. Panel 4 features Erica… More