Is It Better to Be Feared or Loved
This question when applied to a corporate management scenario ushers in two underlying assumptions. Machiavelli was the first philosopher of the Renaissance and wrote The Prince which argued that leaders must do anything necessary to hold on to power. Would I Rather Be Feared Or Loved Um Easy Both I Want People To Be Afraid Of How Much They Love Me Michael Scott It reduces the actions of betrayal surrounding our lives. . First of all it is better to be loved than feared. Thus Machiavelli produces an argument that it is safer for a leader to be feared than loved. Its nice to be both but its very difficult. Niccolo Macchiavelli an Italian Renaissance historian philosopher and writer is famously known for the quote It is better to be feared than loved if one cannot be both As a leader which would you rather be. His response is this. According to Niccolo Machiavelli if you have to make a choice to be feared is much safer than ...