Machiavelli and the Risks of Political Corruption in the Republic

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https://doi.org/10.26512/rfmc.v7i1.21783

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Republica. Freedom. Political Corruption.

Abstract

Among the exponents of republican tradition, Machiavelli occupies a place of unquestionable prestige. His position in this theoretical tradition has undoubtedly contributed to the recovery of the importance and gravity of the problem of political corruption in the republic. In his works Discourses on the first decade of Titus Livius and Florentine Histories, one can find an interesting reflection of the Florentine secretary on the said problem. Aiming to reflect on the dangers of corruption for the republic, in this article, we shall analyze: first, Machiavelli’s definition of the republic and its intimate connection with the notion of political freedom; secondly, in an effort to value and understand, we shall examine the risks of political corruption in the republican regime.

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Author Biography

Vital Francisco Celestino Alves, Secretaria de Educação do Distrito Federal, SEED-DF

Mestre (2010) e doutor (2017) em Filosofia na linha de ética e filosofia política pela UFG. Realizou entre 2015-2016 estágio doutorado sanduíche na Université Montpellier III, e participou dos encontros promovidos pelo Centre Rousseau da Université Sorbonne, Paris III. Membro do grupo interdisciplinar de pesquisa Jean-Jacques Rousseau e do GT Rousseau e o Iluminismo - ANPOF. Entre 2013-2015 foi professor assistente (substituto) vinculado ao Departamento de Filosofia na UFG, e em 2018 foi professor substituto no Departamento de Filosofia na UnB”. Atualmente é professor da Secretaria de Educação do Distrito Federal (SEED-DF).

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Published

2019-05-13

How to Cite

ALVES, Vital Francisco Celestino. Machiavelli and the Risks of Political Corruption in the Republic. Journal of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 293–307, 2019. DOI: 10.26512/rfmc.v7i1.21783. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/fmc/article/view/21783. Acesso em: 16 feb. 2025.

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): Dossier "Michel Foucault"

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