After studying many different schools of ethical thought, I have further stated, at least for myself, that Ethical Selfishness is the best and most natural personal philosophy to follow. While the principles of most other philosophies and ethics are not horrible or absurd, they are not as adequate as the principles and teachings of ethical egoism and Niccolò Machiavelli. As human beings, we should embrace the knowledge that we are all pursuing our own needs, desires and pleasures. This is not something shameful or wrong, it is simply natural. We, as human beings, simply want to lead a good life, and the best component of a good life is achieving our desires and goals. However, I'm not saying we should wildly chase those desires. It is important, in fact, to have a method for acquiring those pleasures for which we will inevitably find ourselves working. For this reason I adhere to Machiavelli's teachings found in his work The Prince, because his ideas are the best presented in modern philosophy. I believe that by applying these principles we can achieve a good life, because a good life means fulfilling our desires and creating a successful future for ourselves, and doing it in an orderly and correct way. By orderly and correct I mean doing it by achieving and maintaining power carefully, at any level. Machiavelli's tricks and principles for achieving a good and successful life include being stingy rather than generous, cruel rather than merciful, failing to keep promises that would hinder our aspirations, surrounding ourselves with wise and honest people, and earning a reputation large and notable. people. Frugality with others is often better than generosity. I said “most…half of the paper…contact with others and in our work, regardless of its nature, will have consequences. It is up to us to decide whether these consequences are positive or negative. Those who live the happiest and best lives are the ones who achieve the most goals they set for themselves. The good life is not measured in our conscience, in our good actions, or in the good we bring to others, but is manifested in those who realize their desires and do so in an orderly and correct way. I intend to be one of those people, and I intend to do so by following many of the principles contained in Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, in which he lays down these timeless guidelines: to be stingy rather than generous, cruel rather than merciful, not keeping promises that would hinder our aspirations, surrounding ourselves with wise and honest people and earning a reputation as great and extraordinary people.