A Few Words On The Prince

“The ends justify the means.” This statement is mentioned in Machiavelli’s The Prince written in 1513 and is still the subject of much discussion and debate. When thought about one might think that at first this only refers to war but once you start to dig deeper you soon realize how much more this statement applies to then originally conceived. It has to deal with more of our every day actions and living itself. With …

…aren’t always the brightest options. Like I mentioned though this goes beyond war. Look at how companies today function with the mass amounts of pollution they put out and people they lay off. I want my father to have a steady job under an undamaged o-zone layer! It comes down to success and more of a statement of any means necessary rather then the justification of the actions taken to get a desired outcome.