In The Prince, Machiavelli is writing about how to be a successful ruler. He explicitly says he is..

In The Prince, Machiavelli is writing about how to be a successful ruler. He explicitly says he is..

In The Prince, Machiavelli is writing about how to be a successful ruler. He explicitly says he is dealing with things as they are, not things as they should be. Do you think that in fact one can write usefully about statecraft without considering ethics? Explain. Or you may want to think about it in this way: The study of politics is often called political science. Machiavelli can be seen as a sort of scientist, objectively analyzing the nature of governing—without offering any moral judgments. In an essay of 500 words, argue for or against the view that the study of politics is rightly called political science