Federico Reyes Heroles: Of Loyalties and Realities

Machiavelli is much quoted, less understood. “The end justifies the means,” as he portrays himself: a ruthless, amoral author. But Machiavelli is far more complex. In his work as an “advisor”—we would now call it—to the ruler, he uncovers a series of rules of power that are beyond the ruler's will. There are two paths: ignoring them, which […]