Submitted by davidkirby on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 14:14.
I'd always thought of love of country sort of like "love it or leave it." But now I question that -- which is good, right? Professor Phillips talked about love of country (or anything else) as a relationship, and a commitment -- got me to thinking that love of country in a democracy is to question your commitments (individual and social) from time to time, rather than go along with them blindly. So I'm questioning our commitments to the incursions in Middle East, asking if they are the best way to advance freedom's cause, and I'm questioning my own commitments (mostly to making money these days) and weather I'm doing anything of real worth to make sure that this world we call Spaceship Earth will be onn a sounder footing which my time is up. This was the most meaningufl program I've heard on radio. I normally don't listen to public radio,,just happened upon it . THank you. Let me know when the next radio Socrates CAfe is. please!
I'd always thought of love of country sort of like "love it or leave it." But now I question that -- which is good, right? Professor Phillips talked about love of country (or anything else) as a relationship, and a commitment -- got me to thinking that love of country in a democracy is to question your commitments (individual and social) from time to time, rather than go along with them blindly. So I'm questioning our commitments to the incursions in Middle East, asking if they are the best way to advance freedom's cause, and I'm questioning my own commitments (mostly to making money these days) and weather I'm doing anything of real worth to make sure that this world we call Spaceship Earth will be onn a sounder footing which my time is up. This was the most meaningufl program I've heard on radio. I normally don't listen to public radio,,just happened upon it . THank you. Let me know when the next radio Socrates CAfe is. please!