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In his essay, ‘The Question of Machiavelli’, Isaiah Berlin notes the depth of Machiavelli's pluralism. Taking my cue from Berlin, I argue that much modern liberal political philosophy neglects this deep pluralism and, as a result, misunderstands modern political problems such as the phenomenon of religiously-motivated terrorism.
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Mendus, S. Saving One’s Soul or Founding a State: Morality and Politics. Philosophia 34, 233–241 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-006-9026-8
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