PHIL1090 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Original Sin, Indulgence, Solitary Confinement
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Through our acquisition of virtues that our character becomes stabilized in line with. Politics are its own sphere of thinking, have very little or no concern with morality or goodness. No point in making rules for a perfect society because men are not perfect. Machiavelli believes we only pursue good things for its consequences. This means that humans are naturally bad. A man is in charge of his own fate: to be human is to forge one"s own life own sake. The more that survival is threatened, the less of a choice there is. Do not be a generous leader because that will lead to lavishness and having to raise taxes in order to maintain this reputation the people will resent you. Fortune calls forth virtue; fortune favors energetic youth over cautious age . Chance: if you have good skill and bad fortune you can still adapt. Fortune cannot conquer all if your skill is equal to fortune.
