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Can I read Machiavelli's Ethics on EtoBox?
Machiavelli's Ethics by Erica Benner is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Machiavelli's Ethics about?
Erica Benner challenges the received wisdom, arguing that Machiavelli's aim was to show his readers how to see through deceptive political appearances & rhetoric, & that he both favoured the rule of law & supported a coherent theory of justice. He did not defend the maxim that the ends justify the means.
Who reads Machiavelli's Ethics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Erica Benner
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691141770
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Memoir, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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