Imagine this; it is the first day on the job for a new employee in a highly competitive field. The boss takes this new employee into his office to give him or her some guidelines. He tells this worker he or she can do whatever it takes to be number one in his company, despite how drastic the measures may seem. The feeling this worker experienced in that situation may be similar to the way people reacted to Machiavelli. In Machiavelli's The Prince, he depicts a philosophy in which he became famous. His instructions to the prince, although, lacking morals are enriched with practical informat…
