Did Machiavelli say the ends justify the means? He spent a lot of pages talking about Virtu in his art of war book. The Prince is kind of it's own thing and I don't think we'll ever have broad agreement on whether it's supposed to be read straight or read as satire.
Did Machiavelli say the ends justify the means? He spent a lot of pages talking about Virtu in his art of war book. The Prince is kind of it's own thing and I don't think we'll ever have broad agreement on whether it's supposed to be read straight or read as satire.
http://factmyth.com/factoids/machiavelli-said-the-ends-justify-the-means/
No, but something close to it. Which isn't a wonder since consequentialist and realpolitik texts do precede him.
However what I heard sometimes was that it was from here: