A Quality Controversy inspired by Machiavelli

A Quality Controversy inspired by Machiavelli
From this arises an argument: whether it is better to be loved than to be feared, or the contrary. I reply that one should like to be both one and the other; but since it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer to be feared then to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. (Machiavelli, the Qualities of a Prince 44)
Machiavelli, therefore, is obviously very aware of the fact that questions of character and morality can not be answered in bla...