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Author: Seán |
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Date Posted: 12:00:31 06/25/04 Fri In reply to: Seán 's message, "Re: PATRIOTISM" on 11:58:39 06/25/04 Fri True patriotism is also rooted in the virtue of justice. It discharges a debt to one's kinsfolk from whom so much is derived, materially, culturally and spiritually. The desire to redress wrongs inflicted on one's people - another aspect of justice - is also a powerful stimulus to supporting a national cause. In addition to these two primary virtues, patriotism also fosters and gives opportunity to many others such as fortitude and courage, perseverance, self-discipline, endurance, unselfishness. And, last but not negligibly, it calls for the exercise of the virtue of prudence, in all its many-sidedness. Not least of the uses of patriotism, its that it provides a great school of character. In spite of many excellences, however, love of one's fatherland does not autumatically impart the stamp of rightness to all that is undertaken in its name. If fostered too exclusively or pushed too far it forfeits its claim to esteem: in this it resembles pursuit of the good of one's own family, to which it is closly akin and which also, if undertaken blindly and disproportionately, may easily change from virtue to vice. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: PATRIOTISM | Seán | 12:02:41 06/25/04 Fri |
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