Many people act like their ethics come from "The Prince." While the author's discussions of Erasmus' "Education of a Christian Prince" and Sir Thomas Moore's "Utopia" are more noble, we would be wise to know the strategies recommended by Machiavelli to help navigate modern business and personal situations. Here is an example from the article of a Machiavellian tactic:
"Machiavelli especially admired a maneuver in which Borgia had asked the Duke of Urbino to lend him his artillery to help take a nearby town, then turned on the undefended duchy and took it instead."
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