Ethical Ideologies of the Machiavellian
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 12 (1) , 75-80
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167286121008
Abstract
Although Machiavellian individuals (Machs) have been characterized as lacking a concern for conventional standards of morality, it is clear from previous research that high Machs are not consistently more amoral or immoral than low Machs. A study was conducted to explore the ethical orientations of persons who score low versus high in Machiavellianism. The Mach V Scale and the Ethics Position Questionnaire were completed by 119 subjects. Results showed that Machiavellian subjects endorsed ethical positions that were more relativistic and less idealistic than subjects who scored low in Machiavellianism.Keywords
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