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1. Classification of Moral value. As he writes in one of
Actions his famous book, “The Prince”,
Value means the merit of the princes must be ready to
something and valuation means sacrifice their virtues and
estimating the value of that desirable traits in order to
thing. Value involves some gain and maintain power.
kind of truth, correctness, or Therefore, from his viewpoint,
even goodness. The expansion morality should serve power.
of the meaning and application (Machiavelli, 2011, Chapter.
of this term has gradually 16 : 129-130)
caused the meanings of these
concepts to become different 2. The Role of Intention
in each of the fields. and Motivation in the
(Edwards, 1967: 229) Evaluation of Moral Actions
In a popular classification, Since Machiavelli is a political
values are divided into intrinsic philosopher, not a moral
and non-intrinsic. Intrinsic value philosopher, it is very
means that an object is difficult to find his specific
valuable “On its own”. A theory on ethics, the criterion
non-value is a value that is of moral action and intention.
good not for its own sake, but For he just values material
for the sake of something else power and apparent government,
that is somehow related to it. he appreciates the intention of
(The Stanford Encyclopedia performing moral actions only
of Philosophy, 2017) if it leads to human strength.
As stated before, Machiavelli Therefore, from his
regarded power to be as an viewpoint, telling the truth or
end in itself and an intrinsic telling a lie is not important,
whatever makes a person
