1. Think about Machiavelli's ideas on political leadership. Is he right? Is he wrong? Should we expect our political leaders to always be virtuous as well as effective? Which is more important in a leader, virtue or effectiveness? Why?

This is of course somewhat of a subjective question, but in general most would agree that he is right to note that a pragmatic approach must be taken with leadership of this kind. But it is unrealistic to expect all out leaders to be virtuous.