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Alasdair MacIntyre, Is Patriotism A Virtue? - Morality, Criticism, and Patriotism

Alasdair MacIntyre, Is Patriotism A Virtue? - Morality, Criticism, and Patriotism22 Aug18 min

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's essay "Is Patriotism A Virtue?"

It focuses upon he fourth part of the piece, where MacIntyre suggests that the morality of patriotism and liberal morality should be brought into dialectical engagement with each other. He begins by noting some of the criticisms that can be and typically are brought against proponents of patriotism by proponents of liberal, universalizing morality, which leads to the conclusion that patriotism can be a source of moral danger.

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