Instructional Video5:05
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler: What "Machiavellian" really means

Pre-K - Higher Ed
From Shakespeare's plays to modern TV dramas, the unscrupulous schemer for whom the ends always justify the means has become a familiar character type we love to hate. For centuries, we've had a single word to describe such characters:...
Instructional Video22:12
Curated Video

Borgia Family Tree

6th - Higher Ed
Borgia Family Tree
Instructional Video5:09
TED-Ed

What “Machiavellian” Really Means

9th - 12th Standards
Is Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince a directive to autocrats to rule by any means necessary, or a warning about the ways free citizens can be dominated by rulers? A short video suggests that Machiavelli's famous work might have been...
Instructional Video6:53
The School of Life

Political Theory - Niccolò Machiavelli

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Do the words politician and moral go together? Machiavelli argues that an effective politician does not always act moral. Learners take an in-depth look at his theories about leaders by watching a video about government. To keep your...
Instructional Video5:17
The School of Life

Machiavelli’s Advice for Nice Guys

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Scholars analyze the concepts of success, ethics, and Machiavelli's philosophy with an enlightening video. The narrator explains the main theories of Machiavelli in an easy-to-understand method and makes use of visual aids to enhance...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince

9th - 12th Standards
Can a person use any means, even immoral ones, to achieve a goal if the goal is nobel? Are ethics and effectiveness separate? Introduce viewers to Niccolò Machiavelli's ideas about virtu, necessita, and fortuna with a short,...