1. POWER & LEADERSHIP Unit 1: Introduction to government

2. JOURNAL #4 Name: Date: Copy question: What qualities do you prize in a leader? As a leader, is it better to be loved or feared? Explain.

4. WHAT ABOUT… Cunning? Distrustful? Ruthless? Deceptive? Controlling? Manipulative? Feared? Secretive?

5. HOW DO YOU GET & KEEP POWER? POWER: A person, group, or state that exercises control; authority or influence.

6. NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI 1500’S FLORENCE Founder of modern political science, specifically ethics Most famous work: The Prince  Written to the Medici family  Handbook on how to be a prince (ruler, President) and maintain power.

7. MACHIAVELLIAN THEORY (1500’S) Endorsed behavior often deemed as evil and immoral Basically…the ENDS justify the MEANS Machiavellianism is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians

8. HOW MACHIAVELLI SAW HUMAN NATURE Humans, by nature, are:  Greedy, power hungry, easy to corrupt, naïve, vain, cowardly, impressionable

9. MACHIAVELLI “Government cannot be maintained through morality”

10. 500 YEARS LATER… THE PRINCE STILL RELEVANT? Who’s afraid of Machiavelli? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2xkZvU4eY