When Machiavelli Comes to Town: The Dangers of Opportunistic Consulting
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince (1532). “Unencumbered by government oversight, McKinsey is accountable only to its clients, who expect that their vulnerabilities, mistakes, and business strategies—in order words, […]











On Aquinas first principles: ethics, natural law and truth
The natural law is nothing else than the rational creature’s participation in the eternal law. ~ Aquinas . . . [T]he Law of Nature and of Nature’s God. ~ Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (1776) Biography Aquinas, Saint Thomas (ca. 1225 – d. 1274), was a priest and Dominican friar born in Roccasecca, Italy. […]
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