Fortune, Virtù and Glory. Considerations on Machiavelli´s Republican Moral
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In this paper some key concepts, such as fortune, virtù, and glory,are considered in order to seek clarification regarding the problemof the relation between morality and politics in Machiavelli. TheMachiavellian virtù certainly includes a good deal of energy andtalent, but does not completely lack moral components. From theconcept of fortune we can derive a number of criteria for politicalaction, which form a part of the Machiavellian virtù, which, thoughdistant from the Christian morals of his time, places him within arepublican conception of morality. Starting from an inquiry into the concept of glory, we discover how glory is a reward for virtù, but itis not awarded to every politician who is successful in his ventures,but only to those who are able to save their country by benign means
- Machiavelli
- fortune
- virtù
- glory
- republicanism.
Castillo Vegas, J. L. (2008). Fortune, Virtù and Glory. Considerations on Machiavelli´s Republican Moral. Praxis Filosófica, (26), 93–109. https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i26.3302
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