rance over reality. A ruler should appear stronger and more compassionate than he really is. There are 5 qualities that a prince should have some of and seem to have mercy, faith, integrity, humanity and religion. A ruler must be careful not to say anything outside of these 5 qualities. Machiavellie also talks about Means and Ends. If you succeed it will not matter what your means were b/c you have succeeded. A Machiavellian person is someone who is calculating, manipulating and dishonest. Machiavelli says that a ruler must be able to throw out those 5 qualities, and yet the ruler still needs to seem to be superhuman and invincible. A good leader will know when to be merciful and faithful, but also when not to be. Necessity rather than moral principle should guide a ruler. The ruler should not be opposed to immortality. If you kill to preserve the state, that is moral b/c other wise the state would fall and people would die and that would be immoral.There are times when a leader has to be evil. Morality depends on the circumstances. There are two conditions to this however. One is that a smart ruler will not let on that he has this behavior. The leader should at least appear to care about the means and will have to show that the means are important. It is impossible to fool all the people so the leader will at least have to partake in the means at leader some of the time. The second condition is that there is a sense in which the means are important. You might do everything right and things may still go wrong b/c of fortune. But that is alright, and the ruler is still good b/c he did everything he could.Machiavelli also mentions glory. A Prince has to find a way to use the peoples thirst for glory in order to help the state. If you can get people to want glory then it can produce results for the prince and people. The good of the state is linked to the good of the prince. The desire for glory is fundamental for humans in general, and gl...
