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A 4 page paper that begins with some thoughts about what patriotism is. The writer cites Rawls, Locke, MacIntyre, and Sandel in the discussion and comments on the communitarian viewpoint. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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that such a thing could happen and the emotional trauma of the deaths and devastation in three locations, there was a sense of outrage that sent the message - you
will not do this to our country; we will fight for it. Flags flew in record numbers. Military recruiters reported a surge in volunteers. People wore patriotic symbols and many
still wear a flag on their lapel. That was a demonstration of patriotism. President Teddy Roosevelt said that patriotism means standing by ones country but that does not include
any elected official unless that official is standing by and serving the country. It is not unpatriotic to oppose any governmental official who is not supporting and serving the country
(Partridge, 2003). The question has been raised as to whether or not patriotism to ones own country is a virtue or not? Do we owe our loyalty to other
people in the world or just to our own nation? Do we have a greater responsibility to those in our own community than to others? Patriotism to ones country
is a virtue despite what many others may argue and despite the philosophical confusions that are at the center of this argument. There is a caveat which is the assumption
that the country is not involved in delivering evil to others but if it is, it is the government officials who are doing so and by our own Constitution, it
is the citizens duty to disobey and oust those persons. In his Theory of Justice, John Rawls discussed moral obligations. He identified an ascending scale: the child first loves and
is loyal to parents, then to other family and friends, then to associations and institutions the individual associates with, and then, loyalty and love are developed for ideals and principles
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