The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas

Machiavelli’s New Order

Special Interest May 30, 2014 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection

S1 E3: Does politics demand behavior that is ethically immoral? Do the ends justify the means? Explore the legacy of Niccolò Machiavelli, the first modern political philosopher and political scientist, who broke with the classical virtue politics of Plato, Aristotle, Rome, and medieval Christianity, establishing a new order of political thought that focused on politics in the real world.

Special Interest May 30, 2014 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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Information

Released: 2014
Run Time: 29 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.