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A Critical Analysis of Machavelli's View … Z . Kabiri et al (93
He also assumes that only around human well-being and
human traits and external states happiness.
can be changed. Machiavelli From Machiavelli's viewpoint,
writes in a chapter of the book man is the centre of values;
“The Prince”: Therefore, human power and
The fact that man cannot dignity must be preserved,
change v0luntarily is due to keeping human dignity means
two reasons: One is the preserving maximum freedom
impossibility of deviating and satiating the power-seeking
from human nature, and the instinct. (Jurdjevic, 2014: 102-83)
second is the difficulty of The dignity that Machiavelli
convincing himself to do so holds for the nobles, and the
(changing his personality). dignity that he holds for the
(Machiavelli, Chapter. 9: weak are completely different.
116-117) He attributed the degree of
dignity and worth of a person
3. Humanism or Human to the degree of his strength.
Orientation One of the critics of his works
Humanism, a prevalent school has said:
in the West, means that man The morality and commitment
is the centre of the world, and that Machiavelli believes in
philosophical, moral, political, is based on his hatred of
social and economic systems aristocratic corruption and
should be governed according self-dealing, rather than on
to his will, because human the basis of human dignity
happiness is the criterion of and equality. (Duwell, 2014)
all values. All scientific and
practical activities should revolve
