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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (70475)	5/8/2018 12:29:55 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 357751

>> The ends don't justify the means. There are no absolutes in life, including the above statement.

To: puborectalis who wrote (70475)

5/8/2018 11:22:57 AM

From: koan

Respond to of 357751

I think that logic is lost on -i-node who cannot even see what trump is about and does not believe social science is worthwhile.

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a test for measuring a person's level of Machiavellianism (sometimes referred to as the Machiavelli test). [8] Their Mach - IV test, a twenty-statement personality survey, became the standard self-assessment tool of Machiavellianism. People scoring high on the scale (high Machs) tend to endorse statements such as, "Never tell anyone the real reason you did something unless it is useful to do so," (No. 1) but not ones like, "Most people are basically good and kind" (No. 4), "There is no excuse for lying to someone else," (No. 7) or "Most people who get ahead in the world lead clean, moral lives"

The ends don't justify the means.