WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The statement that the ends justifies the means can be traced back to Niccolo Machiavelli.

Detailed explanation-2: -The means do not justify the end. Niccolò Machiavelli (ca. 1500).

Detailed explanation-3: -Until Machiavelli’s writing, most philosophers of politics had defined a good leader as humble, moral and honest. Machiavelli shed that notion, saying frankly, “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot have both.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Dr Scott’s talk focuses on the book, “The Prince, ‘’ in which Machiavelli outlines many of his thoughts on power and the idea that “the ends justify the means.”