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The Standard of Moral Action diligence and chivalry.
from Machiavelli's Viewpoint (Machiavelli, 2011, Vol. 5: 50)
Machiavelli describes ethics According to Machiavelli,
from two aspects: Individual the concept of virtue should
ethics, which a person must be studied in the light of the
adhere to ethics as much as he concept of power and
can, and social ethics, which utilitarian ethics. Machiavelli
is the same ethics in the field stated in the book “Prince
of politics and society. Then and Speeches” that power is
he has distinguished between an end in itself and virtue
the ethics of a healthy society should be at the service of
from the ethics of an power. (Ibid: 102)
unhealthy society. Based on Machiavelli views,
He maintains that in an it is not necessary to observe
unhealthy society, morality is ethics in the political sphere;
subordinate to necessity and and keeping power and
political expediency. supporting it is more important.
Machiavelli stresses on the In “The Prince” book, he
dialectical relationship between emphasizes that in order to
morality and law and says: have a healthy society, the
Just as good law is necessary ruler must adhere to ethics,
to maintain good morality, but this adherence of the ruler
good morality is also necessary to ethics is not permanent,
to obey laws. and whenever the ruler feels
He believes that the concepts that the observance of ethics
of virtue and art are is in conflict with the interests
associated with merit, effort, of the government or his person,
