BENDING MORALITY In the past, many writers and philosophers have concocted stringent guidelines on how humans, as servants of God, should properly conduct themselves. These elite thinkers, such as Augustine and Dante, are deeply religious and vehemently scorn those who stray from the Lord....

The term "Machiavellian" is defined as being conniving, duplicitous, efficient, and calculating. This term derived its origin from the philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. But was Machiavelli actually deserving of this expression? Through both building up my arguments, and negating opposing ...

****Writer's note: This paper dissects Thomas More's Utopia and Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince in an effort to discover their views on Human nature---This paper can easily be transformed from this topic******Niccolo Machiavelli vs. Thomas More : Defining Human NatureIt is difficult to determine Ni...

Managing People and RelationshipsManaging people and relationships is vital to any business' success. Lack of proper management of people and relationship will indefinitely result in failure. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a masterpiece regarding the strategic relationships between the people involved ...

Since the advent of the socially and politically conscious man, history has witnessed the rise and fall of authoritarian personalities and their virtuous counterparts. The persistence of time has given us a wide spectrum of power-driven leaders and revolutionaries ranging from the anti-violent Moha...