Ethics of Patriotism

John Kleinig is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra. He is the author of, amongst others, Valuing Life (1991), The Ethics of Policing (1996), and Ethics and Criminal Justice (2008).Simon Keller is Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of The Limits of Loyalty (2007), which won the 2009 American Philosophical Association Book Prize, and Partiality (2013).Igor Primoratz is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra. He is the author of Banquos Geist: Hegels Theorie der Strafe (1986), Justifying Legal Punishment (1989, 1997),Ethics and Sex (1999), and Terrorism: A Philosophical Investigation (2013). He is also editor of a number of books, including Patriotism (2002) and Patriotism: Philosophical and Political Perspectives (with Aleksandar Pavkovic, 2007).

• Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1Part One Three Views on the Ethics of Patriotism 171 The Virtue in Patriotism 19John Kleinig2 The Case against Patriotism 48Simon Keller3 Patriotism: A Two-Tier Account 73Igor PrimoratzPart Two Responses 1054 Making Good on Patriotism: Response to Keller and Primoratz 107John Kleinig5 Virtue for the Unpatriotic: Response to Kleinig and Primoratz 123Simon Keller6 Keeping to the Middle Ground: Response to Keller and Kleinig 138Igor PrimoratzPart Three Final Words 1537 Final Words 155John Kleinig8 Final Words 163Simon Keller9 Final Words 172Igor PrimoratzBibliography 178Index 185