POWER & LEADERSHIP

Unit 1: Introduction to government

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What qualities do you prize in a leader?

As a leader, is it better to be loved or feared? Explain.

WHAT ABOUT…

Cunning? Distrustful?

Ruthless?

Deceptive? Controlling?

Manipulative?

Feared?

Secretive?

HOW DO YOU GET & KEEP POWER? POWER:

A person, group, or state that exercises control; authority or influence.

NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI1500’S FLORENCE

Founder of modern political science, specifically ethics

Most famous work: The Prince

Written to the Medici family

Handbook on how to be a prince (ruler, President) and maintain power.

MACHIAVELLIAN THEORY(1500’S)

Endorsed behavior often deemed as evil and immoral

Basically…the ENDS justify the MEANS

Machiavellianism is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians

HOW MACHIAVELLI SAW HUMAN NATURE

Humans, by nature, are:Greedy, power hungry, easy to corrupt, naïve, vain, cowardly, impressionable

MACHIAVELLI

“Government cannot be maintained through morality”

500 YEARS LATER… THE PRINCE STILL RELEVANT?

Who’s afraid of Machiavelli?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2xkZvU4eY