The Machiavelli Personality Test

Is it better to be feared or loved? Let's see how much Machiavelli you have in you!

Martin Rycroft
Created by Martin Rycroft
On Aug 12, 2015

Honesty is always the best policy.

Generally speaking, people won't work hard unless they’re forced to.

Most people are courageous.

The best way to deal with people is to tell them what they want to hear.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Most people are kind and good by nature.

The ends almost always justify the means.

Most people who get ahead in the world lead clean, moral lives.

It is foolish to trust people.

It is wise to flatter important people.

It is safest to assume that all people have a vicious streak and it will come out when they are given a chance.

All in all, it is better to be humble and honest than to be important and dishonest.

Most people are sheep.

Never tell anyone the real reason you did something unless it is useful to do so.

It is better to be feared than loved.

17% Machiavellian!

17% Machiavellian!

You are in the category of the low Machs, which means that you hold out for the goodness of the world and avoid manipulation. You believe that all people are born good and have the potential to lead moral, benevolent lives. For you, goodness and morality come first, and the end doesn't always justify the means if lying and trickery were involved.

48% Machiavellian!

48% Machiavellian!

You are less than half of a true Machiavellian! You tend to have faith in most people, and your heart and mind are open to trusting those you meet. But at the same time you have a realistic caution about the world that allows you to be hopeful and at the same time intelligently weary.

You have a strong moral code of principles that dictate you live your life and how you believe others should conduct themselves, however you believe that sometimes it is justified to lie, cheat or act unlawfully if the outcome goes towards the greater good. Rather than having to choose between being feared or loved, you believe it is best to be respected and have compassion.

96% Machiavellian!

96% Machiavellian!

You are one of the high machs. Machiavellianism is the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct. You believe in logic, reason, strategy, pragmatism and doing what will produce the most efficient and favorable outcome rather than wasting time with moral or emotionally charged decision making.

You are a true realist, which means you believe that most people are inherently selfish by nature and that the human condition dictates that we act more out of selfish desire than out of good will. Although this makes you generally more pessimistic, people with your Machiavellian philosophy tend to make successful business people, lawyers, politicians and are extremely perceptive and aware of their environment and relationships.

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