Patriotism, Morality, and PeaceTitus starts this year with two goals. One: Prove he is capable of leading the varsity football team next year as their captain. Two: Confess his feelings to one of his best friends, Reese. By the end of the football season he has every reason to believe he accomplished his first goal. But when a promise to his other best friend and havoc turn his life upside down he isn't sure he'll ever get the chance to tell Reese how he feels. Reese Milson starts her sophomore year at Laton High School with her new boyfriend and two best friends by her side. When bad goes to worse and Reese hides from reality, it takes everything she has and the help of her best friend Titus to pull her back out of the darkness she had fallen into. Will they survive this year? Will Titus ever get his chance with Reese or will the promise he made keep them apart? |
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Contents
The Case Against Patriotism | 3 |
Problems for AntiPatriots | 17 |
Sketch of a Reasonable Form of Patriotism | 29 |
Patriotism Within the Limits of Morality | 37 |
Is Moderate Patriotism Patriotic Enough? | 51 |
The Basis of Loyalty | 53 |
Are Patriotism and Universal Morality Compatible? | 65 |
The Necessity of Choosing Sides | 79 |
On Deciding Whether a Nation Deserves Our Loyalty | 117 |
Patriotism Military Service and Unjust Wars | 133 |
Should Criticism Stop When the Shooting Starts? | 149 |
Challenges to Moderate Patriotism | 163 |
Patriotism and Global Injustice | 165 |
Patriotism and Nationalism | 185 |
Popular Patriotism | 199 |
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absolute accept actions Alasdair MacIntyre anti-patriotic argue argument attitudes believe Bernard Gert child cism citizens civil disobedience claim commitment commonsense morality concern for one's conflict conscientious objector coun country's criticism defend ethical ethical relativism evaluate evil extreme patriotism fact fight form of patriotism genuine patriotism goals groups human idea ideals image of patriotism immoral important individuals interests jus ad bellum jus in bello killing legitimate Likewise live MacIntyre MacIntyre's Michael Walzer military service moderate patriotism moral constraints Nonetheless object of loyalty Oldenquist one's country one's own country opposed pacifists parents patriotic feelings person policies political popular image principles problem pursuit Randolph Bourne reason reject relativism relativist religion rules sacrifice sense serious simply Singer slavery social society special duties switched sides tion tism Tolstoy Tolstoy's triotism universal morality University Press unjust war values Walzer well-being worthy wrong
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Hong Kong, China: Learning to Belong to a Nation Gordon Mathews,Dale Lü,Jiewei Ma No preview available - 2008 |