Machiavelli's ethics / Erica Benner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benner, Erica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xv, 527 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]

Summary:

""Machiavelli's Ethics" is a superb scholarly book. Erica Benner does truly impressive work in analyzing Machiavelli's views on the most fundamental ethical issues--including necessity and virtue, justice and injustice, and ends and means. She shows, with very solid evidence, that Machiavelli did in fact worry a lot about justice and that he put it at the core of his republican theory."--Maurizio Viroli, author of "Niccol's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli" -- ""Machiavelli's Ethics" is excellent--learned, subtle, highly original, and a constant pleasure to read. And, since it is really a study of Machiavelli's thought in its entirety, it is also the first book of its kind. Its originality lies in taking seriously the claim by some sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers--notably Bacon, Spinoza, and Alberico Gentili--that Machiavelli was essentially a moral and political philosopher. Erica Benner does a brilliant job of resurrecting this neglected Machiavelli."--Giulia Sissa, University of California, Los Angeles

Contents:

Introduction

Contexts

Foundations

Principles

Politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691141763

0691141762

9780691141770

0691141770

OCLC:

300981868