VIRTUE AND POLITICS: AN ARISTOTELIAN READING OF NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI.
The paper discusses Niccolò Machiavelli's conception of virtue (virtú) and republican politics from the point of view of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Machiavelli's emphasis on civic virtue and the support of republican politics bear similarity to Aristotle's conception of politics. Against two compet...
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Vilnius University
2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=67616529&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 67616529 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13921126 3D4C jtl: Problems / Problemos issn: 13921126 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2011 vid: 80 pid: 16037 pub: Vilnius University artinfo: ui: 67616529 10.15388/Problemos.2011.0.1311 ppf: 7 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 626KB tig: atl: VIRTUE AND POLITICS: AN ARISTOTELIAN READING OF NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI. aug: au: Bielskis, Andrius affil: Mykolo Romerio universiteto, Politikos mokslų katedra, Valakupių g. 5, LT-10101 Vilnius su: Aristotelianism (Philosophy) Machiavellianism (Psychology) Common good Social context Concepts Renaissance sug: subj: Aristotelianism (Philosophy) Machiavellianism (Psychology) Common good Social context Concepts Renaissance keyword: Aaristotelis Aristotle bendrasis gėris common good dorybių etika Machiavelli republican politics respublikoniška politika studia humanitatis virtú virtue ethics Aaristotelis bendrasis gėris dorybių etika Machiavelli respublikoniška politika studia humanitatis virtú ab: The paper discusses Niccolò Machiavelli's conception of virtue (virtú) and republican politics from the point of view of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Machiavelli's emphasis on civic virtue and the support of republican politics bear similarity to Aristotle's conception of politics. Against two competing interpretations of Machiavelli's legacy (the Cambridge contextual historians school and Joseph V. Femia), this paper argues that while Machiavelli moves away from the classical conception of aretē / virtus, he also, at the same time, shares with an Aristotelian practical philosophy the concept of the republican common good. Machiavelli's modified conception of classical virtus and his republican rhetoric allows us to interpret his position as proto-nationalist. Finally, this paper argues that Machiavelli's cynical advice and observations can be partly explained by the gap between the Renaissance education of studia humanitatis and the ruthlessness of Realpolitik. Straipsnyje Niccolò Machiavelli'o dorybės (virtú) ir respublikoniškos politikos sampratos analizuojamos Aristotelio dorybių etikos požiūriu. Machiavelli'o pilietinės dorybės akcentavimas bei respublikoniškos politikos idealų gynimas turi panašumų su Aristotelio politikos koncepcija. Atsispiriant nuo dviejų konkuruojančių Machiavelli'o interpretacijų (t. y. Kembridžo konteksto istorikų mokyklos ir Josepho V. Femia), straipsnyje teigiama, kad Machiavelli nutolsta nuo klasikinės aretē / virtus sampratos, tačiau išlieka konceptualus ryšys tarp Machiavelli'o respublikoniškos bendrojo gėrio sampratos ir Aristotelio praktinės filosofijos. Machiavelli'o modifikuota klasikinė virtus samprata ir respublikoniška retorika leidžia jo teorinę poziciją interpretuoti kaip protonacionalizmą. Sykiu straipsnyje teigiama, kad Machiavelli'o ciniški patarimai ir apibendrinimai gali iš dalies būti paaiškinti renesanso studia humanitatis edukacinės tradicijos, kurioje jis buvo išlavintas, ir brutalios Realpolitik neatitikimu. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Problems / Problemos is the property of Vilnius University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Problems / Problemos holder: Vilnius University dt: @attributes: year: 2011 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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