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Excerpt from A Critical Analysis of Patriotism as an Ethical Concept
Patriotism is_ a live issue. It is almost impossible for any one to be neutral about it. All men seem to feel that the issue involved is one that touches the fundamental interests of their lives Patriotism is an important concept.
But not all men take the same stand regarding patriotism. There is hot disagreement Upon the question of its moral value. Some champion it as one of the noblest of all virtues; others spurn it as one of the basest. Therefore it is highly desirable to arrive at a fair judgment of the ethical value of patriotism.
One of the chief reasons for the radical disagreement about the morality of patriotism is that there are widely different assumptions as to its nature. It is a sentiment of manifold varieties, and the word patriotism may carry quite different implications to different minds. The first necessary step, then, before one can pass an ethical judg ment upon it, is to find out what the core of patriotism is.
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