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A lecture on Machiavelli’s the Prince and the Discourses on Livy. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-lecture-on-machiavellis-ethics Companion interviews: - The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God: https://youtu.be/cE6gz40RRV8 - Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli: https://youtu.be/l21HUb4uunM These were the secondary texts I referenced and found most insightful (affiliate links) - Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Virtue: https://amzn.to/44twNVb - Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth: https://amzn.to/4phinje - Viroli, Machiavelli’s God: https://amzn.to/49FZAtf - McCormick, Machiavellian Democracy: https://amzn.to/43QiNVq Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 01:46  1. "Evil" Moses 01:49   1.1 "Evil" Moses: Massacre 11:57  1.2  "Evil" Moses: Lie 17:37  1.3 "Evil" Moses: Genocide 30:01  2.  Qualification 30:03  2.1  Qualification: Evil for Good 37:48 2.2  Qualification: Extraordinary Moments 41:21 2.3  Qualification: Idealist and Realist 44:56 3.  Historical Context 44:58 3.1  Historical Context: Virtue 51:52 3.2  Historical Context: Christianity 54:36 4.  Critique 54:37 4.1  Critique: Plato's Gorgias 1:00:29 4.2  Critique: Selfish Glory 1:04:48 4.3  Critique: Selfless Glory