Do the Ends Ever Justify the Means? Machiavelli Demystified with Dr. Khalil Habib
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
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🗓️ 25 September 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The ends justify the means: a statement often applied to Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, but one he never actually said, has come to define one of the most influential political thinkers of the Renaissance and of all modern political theory. But have we oversimplified Machiavelli? What could we learn from him if we looked a level deeper? What should we reject? Charlie sits down with Dr. Khalil Habib, a Machiavelli expert and political philosophy professor from Hillsdale College, to explain his actual perspective on war, virtue, pragmatism, and civics. The two explore this great thinker and trace his influence throughout the years including the American founding.
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| 1:08.6 | Terrific course. Oh, and maybe in Athens and Sparta course for you. Take these courses, everybody. Charlie for Hillsdale.com. Machiavelli. I'm sure once or twice you've heard people say that's very Machiavellian of that politician or what is the Machiavellian nature. We talk about that with Dr. Khalil Habib from Hillsdale College, the beacon of the north. Hillsdale College is terrific. |
| 1:29.7 | Charlie for Hillsdale.com. It's also Hillsdale.edu. You guys can check it out where we talk about |
| 1:35.0 | who Nicolio Machiavelli was. Do the ends ever justify the means? Is it better to be loved or |
| 1:42.6 | hated? These questions we wrestle with. |
| 1:45.2 | Was Machiavelli right about anything? |
| 1:47.1 | How does he impact our world today on this incredibly important, deep and intellectually |
| 1:51.8 | focused episode of the Charlie Kirk Show that I think will clarify and give you, hopefully, |
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