Machiavelli’s aim was not to ask the princes to be essentially evil, but prepare them to face critical situations that demanded them to act toward the greater good of the state. […]
According to Machiavelli, a ruler should learn ‘how not to be good’. He believed that a prince or a ruler cannot be effective if he is too righteous. […]
In one of his greatest works, ‘The Prince’, Machiavelli talks about political evil and states that a prince must learn ‘how not to be good'” in order to achieve the end goal, that is, to maintain safety and stability in the community. […]
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