Power comes with evil in contemporary politics of Nigeria. The taste of power have led to the death of millions of Nigerian in the last decades. The term Authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings. However, Machiavelli did not believe in pursuing evil for evil’s sake, rather when the only way to keep power is to act evilly, one must. Good and evil are equal in the contest for power.
So what circumstances call for a moral actions in our modern Nigeria?? In reference to the work of Henry Kissinger, “There are some situations in which the more the survival is threatened the narrower the margin of choice becomes, unless you say you would rather have your society destroyed than to pursue marginal means.” Are there such threatening situations in the modern world that it is necessary to resort to marginal means? Henry Kissinger has been called the greatest diplomat of our time. He recognized the need for separation of morals from the power struggle; the irrelevance of morality in politics. Again Religion, Ethnicity should park well for the betterment of Nigeria.
So what circumstances call for a moral actions in our modern Nigeria?? In reference to the work of Henry Kissinger, “There are some situations in which the more the survival is threatened the narrower the margin of choice becomes, unless you say you would rather have your society destroyed than to pursue marginal means.” Are there such threatening situations in the modern world that it is necessary to resort to marginal means? Henry Kissinger has been called the greatest diplomat of our time. He recognized the need for separation of morals from the power struggle; the irrelevance of morality in politics. Again Religion, Ethnicity should park well for the betterment of Nigeria.