[ Les devoirs du Prince Machiavélien ]
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 828–839
Bernard Kateta Balibuno1
1 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires (ISEAV, WALUNGU), Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In the Italy devastated by occupational wars imposed by strangers, Machiavel felt called upon decides to give a donation to Prince Laurent de Medicis which would allow him to take thecountry in this chaotic situation. The gift was a collection of Machiavel’s experiences presented in the «Prince» in a form of a Prince’s code of laws or conduct. We was interested in this unpretentious scientific research due to duties assigned to «Prince» by Machiavel in the «Prince», a well-known work by intellectuals and which has become paramount book for politicians. This feat works encloses principal duties such as: duties towards people, duty of being feared but not blamed and the duty of speech which does not break down the power. Machiavel sermonize realistic and practical politics which considers humans not as they should be, but as they are: wicked, envious...he does not sermonize cruelty, avariciousness, etc. to avoid social nuisance. However, he wants to show the possibility for the leader to do evil in order to overcome and maintain territorial integrity, but also the social welfare, going against blind and fierce cruelty which ruins the «Prince». Also, Machiavel substitutes politics for moral while it is the moral which serves politics. It is against such a practice of doing things that the writers attempts to give warming to their readers through this scientific research understudy, because nowadays, many leaders practice this hypocritical politic sermonized by Machiavel.
Author Keywords: duties, power, Prince, Machiavel.
Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 828–839
Bernard Kateta Balibuno1
1 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires (ISEAV, WALUNGU), Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In the Italy devastated by occupational wars imposed by strangers, Machiavel felt called upon decides to give a donation to Prince Laurent de Medicis which would allow him to take thecountry in this chaotic situation. The gift was a collection of Machiavel’s experiences presented in the «Prince» in a form of a Prince’s code of laws or conduct. We was interested in this unpretentious scientific research due to duties assigned to «Prince» by Machiavel in the «Prince», a well-known work by intellectuals and which has become paramount book for politicians. This feat works encloses principal duties such as: duties towards people, duty of being feared but not blamed and the duty of speech which does not break down the power. Machiavel sermonize realistic and practical politics which considers humans not as they should be, but as they are: wicked, envious...he does not sermonize cruelty, avariciousness, etc. to avoid social nuisance. However, he wants to show the possibility for the leader to do evil in order to overcome and maintain territorial integrity, but also the social welfare, going against blind and fierce cruelty which ruins the «Prince». Also, Machiavel substitutes politics for moral while it is the moral which serves politics. It is against such a practice of doing things that the writers attempts to give warming to their readers through this scientific research understudy, because nowadays, many leaders practice this hypocritical politic sermonized by Machiavel.
Author Keywords: duties, power, Prince, Machiavel.
Abstract: (french)
Dans l’Italie déchirée par des guerres d’occupation imposées par des étrangers, Machiavel se propose, en 1413 d’offrir au prince Laurent de MEDICIS un don qui lui permettrait de sortir le pays de cet état de dépendance. Ce don ne fut autre chose que l’ensemble de son expérience présentée dans Le Prince sous forme d’un code de conduite du prince. Nous nous sommes intéressé, pour cette modeste recherche, aux devoirs que Machiavel prescrit au prince dans son précieux ouvrage, bien connu des intellectuels et dont beaucoup d’hommes politiques ont fait un livre de chevet, à savoir Le Prince. Les principaux devoirs y sont nettement repartis en: devoirs envers le peuple, devoir de cruauté, devoir de faire la guerre, devoir de chercher à être loué que blâmé, devoir d’être craint sans être haï, devoir de ne tenir sa parole que si cela n’expose le pouvoir à aucun danger. Machiavel prône une politique pratique et réaliste, c’est-à-dire celle qui considère les hommes, non tel qu’ils devaient être, mais tel qu’ils sont: méchants, enviés... Il ne prône pas la cruauté, l’avarice, etc. par simple plaisir de nuire à autrui, mais il veut montrer qu’il y a possibilité pour le dirigeant d’utiliser le mal en vue de conquérir et conserver l’intégrité territoriale ainsi que le bien-être social; tout en s’opposant à une cruauté féroce, aveugle qui d’ailleurs cause la ruine du prince. Ainsi Machiavel subordonne la morale à la politique alors que c’est le bien que doit servir la politique. C’est contre cet état de chose que les auteurs de cet article tiennent à alerter leurs lecteurs; car de nos jours, beaucoup de dirigeants pratiquent cette politique de l’apparence prônée par Machiavel.
Author Keywords: devoirs, pouvoir, Prince, Machiavel.
How to Cite this Article
Bernard Kateta Balibuno, “Duties of the Prince of Machiavel,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 828–839, September 2023.
