March, 2008

Parting Shots

by George Kateb
The Conversation
March 26th, 2008

To Kukathas
State power to do harm must be diminished, certainly. But though the state does a great deal of harm when it is powerful and self-confident, the state as such is a necessity. Call it the lesser and necessary evil: without it there would be an extent and depth of insecurity that would make life […]

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Final Thoughts on Patriotism

by William Galston
The Conversation
March 26th, 2008

Discussions of this sort are more likely to end in clarification of differences than in agreement. In his latest post, for example, Kateb says that “Love of country that expresses itself in killing and dying is not love at all, but some fantastic delusion.” I cannot believe that Kateb really means the full sweep of […]

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