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Is there any good reason to be patriotic or nationalistic? Why shouldn't we just view our nations as focused socio-legal frameworks within which we can work to try to improve the condition of humanity as a whole?
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July 3, 2011

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Oliver Leaman
July 14, 2011 (changed July 14, 2011) Permalink

It is up to us how we see our countries. There is no reason why a basic sense of allegiance and even love for a specific country should not be combinedc with a desire to improve the world as a whole, quite the reverse perhaps. How we perceive our relationship with our country is up to us. Some people weep wildly when they hear their national anthem played, others scoff at the whole notion of a national anthem. There is no right or wrong here.

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