Patriotizam: prizemni i etički
Patriotism: Mundane and Ethical

Summary/Abstract: In the first part of the paper I demarcate patriotism from nationalism and lay out a typology of patriotism, distinguishing its types or facets in terms of the object of patriotic loyalty, reasons for it, its motive, strength, dominant vicarious feeling, and moral import. Under the last heading, I distinguish between mundane patriotism, which seeks to promote the worldly interests of the patria – its political stability and power, economic strength, cultural vibrancy etc. – and a distinctively ethical type of patriotism, which is concerned with the country's moral identity and integrity. While worldly patriotism is devoid of positive moral significance, the distinctively ethical type of patriotism is, under certain fairly common circumstances, a stance we ought to adopt. In the second part of the paper, I offer several arguments for this claim, and assess their weight and scope. (The paper was originally published in English in the Croatian Journal of Philosophy, vol. IV Š2004], no. 10, pp. 83-100.)

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