留学生Assignment写作—爱国主义非理性吗？.docx

留学生论文专业定制代写网站留学生Assignment写作—爱国主义非理性吗？Definitions:Patriotism:The quality of being patriotic,having devoted love/loyalty/pride to one’s country.Irrational:Not logical or reasonablePride:A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction when you do something good.Militarism:The belief that a country should build up a large military so that a country is prepared to aggressively promote or defend national interests/beliefs.Being devoted to your country seems very logical to many people,some people/places actively encourage Patriotism as it brings people together who share the love for their country.However I believe that there are also dangers with patriotism.Patriotism can lead to a false sense of pride and the exclusion of others who are not one of them.In this essay I am going to explore the reasons why people think patriotism is a good thing and why patriotism is actually dangerous and irrational.Modern Patriotism is irrational because a person that is born into a country was only born in that country by coincidence,they didn’t choose to be born in that country.Patriotism is also irrational because as every patriot believes that their country is the best and only one can qualify as the“best country”not all of them can be right.It’s also immoral because every country has their interests in making their country better even at the downfall of others.However others say this argument is false because their defining of Patriotism is wrong.People say that patriotism has nothing to do with other countries and instead what they are describing is Nationalism.Nationalism is where you see your country as superior to other countries and this gives you an excuse to spread your countries’beliefs forcefully.Nationalism is a bad thing because it leads to irrational blaming and discrimination akin to the Nazi rule1.Patriotism in the eyes of a patriotist is completely different to Nationalism as it is only about the love and devotion for your country and not the belief that it is superior to every other country.A true patriot would feel like they had to show extreme moral scrutiny for their country.A Patriotist sees their country as a work in progress and not a finished perfect place as a nationalist would.However the line between Patriotism and Nationalism is very slim and most of the time Patriotism leads to Nationalism.For example the USA a very patriotic country displays characteristics of a Nationalist country.In a poll made on June 5th 2008 by an American news site called Gallup3 they asked if racism against blacks was widespread in the US.The poll showed that the American people,especially the black population,said that it was widespread in America.One of the main reasons for this is that as they are a very patriotic country it is harder for them to see where their country is going wrong so they blame it on other groups.One common example of this is“Foreigners are taking our jobs”.They see the unemployment crisis as the fault of the influx of foreigners not the country for not supplying enough jobs or making workers redundant.This blaming soon escalates to full blown nationalism and even in extreme cases Militarism.Patriots who are asked“why do you love your country?”will list achievements and the virtues that the country have and not answer the question.However if another country had the exact same virtues and achievements most patriots would not show the same love of that country.This means that the only reason they love their country is because it’s their country which is completely irrational as mentioned before and because they did not choose to be born there and most probably had nothing to do with the growth of the country.However patriots would argue that they should be patriotic because as an individual they have had an effect on their country no matter how small and they have the right to call it their country.Some patriots even say that they must be patriotic to understand the nation and it’s interests and also to care about the country so that it can improve and expand.When someone criticizes a country you can see,especially on social media sites such as twitter,that patriotists attack and exclude that person even if it could help the country in question.This can also happen on a larger scale with Militarism.If a country or person criticises another country,in countries that are seen as very patriotic the people of said country will race to defend their country and threaten the country that is accusing them.In a militarist country where they are ready to use their army war can happen almost spontaneously over just criticism or rivalry with other Patriotic countriesAnother problem with Patriotism is that it gives people who are patriotic a false sense of pride.When the US army win a war the US citizens feel a false sense of pride even though they have not accomplished anything.This feeling of pride is dangerous because it can give you a fe。