Module 1: Machiavelli

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Recall the context in which he Machiavelli achieved his works
• Outline Machiavellian views of about “virtu and fortuna”
• Discuss the politics, violence and religion as thought of by Machiavelli
• Explain the necessity for a prince to combine the virtues of a lion and those of a fox
• Define republicanism
• Summarize the role of laws and institutions