Moral value of patriotism

individuals and groups.

The motherland can be a region or

a city, but patriotism usually applies to a nation and/or a nation-state.

culture

the desire to preserve its character and the basis of

the culture, and identification with other members of the nation

in the political process through voting or other forms of

activism

and ceremonial content

methods for
handling flags
singing the national anthem
saying a

pledge
participating in a mass rally
placing a patriotic bumper sticker on one's vehicle
or any other way of publicly proclaiming devotion to the state

turn contributing to the war effort. Typically, patriotic intensity is

higher when the state is under external threat

race” that is “merely natural or physical,”

while patriotism is

the awareness of our moral duties to the political community

as much power and prestige as possible for his nation,

in which he submerges his individuality.

patriotism is defensive: it is a devotion to a particular place and a way of life one thinks best, but has no wish to impose on others

found patriotism both stupid and immoral. It is stupid because

every patriot holds his own country to be the best of all whereas, obviously, only one country can qualify. It is immoral because it enjoins us to promote our country's interests at the expense of all other countries and by any means, including war, and is thus at odds with the most basic rule of morality, which tells us not to do to others what we would not want them to do to us (Tolstoy 1987, 97).