The Power Paradox

Guided by centuries of advice like Machiavelli's and Greene's, we tend to believe that attaining power requires force, deception, manipulation, and coercion. Indeed, we might even assume that positions of power demand this kind of conduct--that to run smoothly, society needs leaders who are willing and able to use power this way.

As seductive as these notions are, they are dead wrong. Instead, a new science of power has revealed that power is ... Full Story »

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Tish Grier
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by Tish Grier - Oct. 1, 2008

Curious and interesting article, yet does not give enough in the way of references to research. Would have preferred more thorough footnoting. The author may also have referenced Niebuhr's "Moral Man and Immoral Society" in the discussion.

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