Virtue Politics

James Hankins challenges the view that the Renaissance was the seedbed of modern republicanism, with Machiavelli as exemplary thinker. What most concerned Renaissance political theorists, Hankins contends, was not reforming laws but shaping citizens. To secure the social good, they fostered virtue through a new program of education: the humanities.

James Hankins contesta opinia conform careia Renasterea a fost samanta republicanismului modern, cu Machiavelli ca ganditor exemplar. Hankins sustine ca cei mai preocupati teoreticieni politici ai Renasterii nu au fost reformarea legilor, ci modelarea cetatenilor.