Outline the origins and the substance of the main advice that Niccolò Machiavelli offers rulers in The Prince. Then argue whether this advice would, in your view, be appropriate for a modern leader

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1. Machiavelli approached the question of princely leadership in practical terms. Humanist education had been founded on the principle that it alone prepared people for a life of virtuous action. Machiavelli’s Prince challenged that assumption. Machiavelli served the Florentine city-state for many years, engaging in tough negotiations between Florence and its many enemies, particularly the Borgia papacy of Alexander VI. Even though the Borgias threatened the well-being of Florence, Machiavelli admired them for their ruthless determination. Machiavelli saw in Cesare Borgia a model prince, stunningly successful in playing his rivals off of one another and uniting the feudal territories of Romagna.
2. A humanist scholar, Machiavelli had studied the behavior of ancient Roman rulers and citizens at great length, and he admired their willingness to act in defense of their country. In his Discourses, Machiavelli argues that the ancient Romans were exemplary in leading lives of manly action, courage, and assertiveness, in contrast to Christians, whom he sees as passive, submissive, and ineffectual. Assessing the situation in the Italian politics of his day, he concluded that only the strongest, most ruthless leader could impose order on the Italian people.
In The Prince, he argues that the prince should be feared, not loved. The statesman’s first duty, he believed, was to preserve his country and its institutions, regardless of the means he used. Goodness, from Machiavelli’s point of view, is relative. A prince’s chief preoccupation, and his primary duty, is to wage war. His attention turned to war, the prince must be willing to sacrifice moral right for practical gain.
4. Students’ assessments of the appropriateness of this advice for modern leaders will vary.