![]() ![]() ![]() What makes The 48 Laws of Power open to – in my view, fair – accusations of being “evil” is what Greene actually writes in the book, particularly in the Preface. The book encourages you to seek more power Others, such as Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit (Law 7) and Create a cult-like following by playing on people’s need to believe clearly are if you take them at face value (which I don’t recommend you do). Some of the “laws” such as Win through your actions, never through argument (Law 9) and Plan all the way to the end (Law 29) are not ethically dubious in any sense. ![]() Seeking power doesn’t even have to involve unethical actions. you want to reduce suffering in the world). Power is simply the ability to get what you want. Reading the book and wanting more power is not necessarily evil. But sometimes it does and, as the examples in the book illustrate, and the results can be rather unfair and unpleasant. As I will explain in my summary, they’re not really “laws” because the world doesn’t always work in the way the author, Robert Greene, suggests. They’re merely descriptions of the way in which the world (sometimes) works. The actual “laws” in the book are not evil. ![]()
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