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Replies to reviews of Erica Benner, Machiavelli’s Ethics Responses to specific points in reviews by Markus Fischer, Ethics; Vickie Sullivan, Journal of Church and State; Mikael Hörnqvist, Renaissance Studies; Victoria Kahn, TLS (1) Executing one’s own sons (ends and means) … Continue reading →

Replies to reviews of Erica Benner, Machiavelli’s Ethics Machiavelli in the history of ideas 1. Early defenders of Machiavelli. Several reviewers imply that my argument for an un-Machiavellian Machiavelli depends on comments by Rousseau, Harrington, Bacon and other early modern … Continue reading →

Replies to reviews of Erica Benner, Machiavelli’s Ethics In the interest of debate, here are a few responses to criticisms made in recent reviews of Machiavelli’s Ethics. I’ll start with the most general arguments and work towards more detailed points … Continue reading →

Best Sellers in Philosophy October 2009 to date as identified by YBP Library Services Email Print | Reprint/License | Subscription | RSS | Share | | Jul 12, 2010 1) Machiavelli’s Ethics Benner, Erica Princeton University Press 2009. ISBN 0691141762 … Continue reading →

Greeks in Florence by VICTORIA KAHN a review of Niccolò Capponi AN UNLIKELY PRINCE The life and times of Niccolò Machiavelli 336pp. Da Capo Press. £15.99 (US $26). 978 0 306 81756 4 Maurizio Viroli MACHIAVELLI’S GOD Translated by Antony … Continue reading →

I’ve recently been asked to write a few book reviews. At first I thought I should keep myself honest by following the Guidelines for Charitable Reviewing set out here a few days ago. Then friends pointed out that those guidelines … Continue reading →

I’ve recently been asked to write a few book reviews. While I agreed to do some, I did so with trepidation. One’s chances of writing fair, balanced reviews are best when two conditions hold: (A) When the reviewer doesn’t personally … Continue reading →

International Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 50, No. 2, Issue 198 (June 2010) Machiavelli’s Ethics. By Erica Benner. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. Pp. 544. $71.25 cloth. Erica Benner identifies two dominant schools of contemporary readers—those who emphasize the demanding nature … Continue reading →

Benner, Erica. Machiavelli’s Ethics. Princeton, 2009. 527p bibl index afp; ISBN 9780691141763, $75.00; ISBN 9780691141770 pbk, $35.00. Reviewed in 2010apr CHOICE. This major new study of Machiavelli’s moral and political philosophy by Benner (Yale) argues that most readings of Machiavelli … Continue reading →

Machiavelli var inte så machiavellisk Publicerad: 2 januari 2010, 20.24 kolumn | Rolf Gustavsson Nyheter rolf.gustavsson@svd.se Varför inte ta ett rejält kliv? Ett bokstavligen radikalt steg, en frigörelse från det som styrt mitt yrkesliv de senaste 35–40 åren. Denna jakt … Continue reading →