Machiavelli's secret : the soul of the statesman / / Raymond Angelo Belliotti

• Autore: Belliotti Raymond A. <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 172
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - Psychology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Value of Patriotism; The Final Chapter; The Need to Develop Civic Virtù; The Role of Virtù; The Nature of the World; The Requirements of Personal Identity; The Importance of Personal Security; The Quest for Deserved Glory; The Significance of the Value of Patriotism; Churchill and Coventry; Iran-Contra; Chapter 2 Religion and Morality; The Values and Uses of Religion; Refashioning God and Religion in Service of Patriotism; Patriotism, Religion, and the Condition of a Person's Soul; Machiavelli's Morality ; The Popular View of Machiavelli on MoralityJustifications and Excuses; Machiavelli's Corollary Principle of Morality; Chapter 3 The Problem of Dirty Hands; How Political Hands Get Dirty; Moral Theory and the Problem of Dirty Hands; Machiavelli and Dirty Hands; Case Study in Dirty Hands: President Truman; Partial Excuses; Is Machiavelli's Doctrine Abhorrent?; Evaluating Military and Political Leaders; Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BCE-44 BCE); Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 ; Piero Soderini, 1450-1513Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507; Romulus, CA. 770 BCE-CA. 716 BCE; Lucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Hiero II, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Chapter 4 The Soul of the Statesman; Piecing the Clues Together; The Inner Life of a Machiavellian Statesman; Why Should a Statesman Worry about Losing His Soul?; The Puzzle Completed; Guicciardini's Critique; Machiavelli's Legacy; Appendix A: Texts and Their Abbreviations; References ; Abbreviations for Book TitlesCitations to the Work of Francesco Guicciardini; Citations to the Work of Plato; Citations to the Work of Aristotle; Appendix B: Machiavelli's Life and Times; Appendix C: Case Studies-Heroes and Villains; Moses, CA. 1393 BCE-CA. 1273 BCE; Numa Pompilius, CA. 750 BCE-CA. 673 BCE; Gaius Julius Caesar, 100 BCE-44 BCE; Oliverotto Euffreducci (Oliverotto da Fermo), CA. 1475-1502; Agathocles of Syracuse, 361 BCE-289 BCE; Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498; Piero Soderini, 1450-1513; Giovampagolo Baglioni, 1470-1520; Cesare Borgia ("Duke Valentino"), 1475-1507 ; Romulus, CA. 770 bce-CA. 716 BCELucius Junius Brutus, CA. 545 BCE-CA. 509 BCE; Hiero II of Syracuse, 308 BCE-216 BCE; Hannibal, CA. 247 BCE-183 BCE; Notes; Bibliography; Books; Articles; About the Author; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Machiavelli's secret
• ISBN: 1-4384-5722-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813721103321
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