Patriotism

I like Jensen. I had never thought of patriotism this way. What does separate "American" ideals from human ideals? I understand why many of his words are not very popular, they make sense. People don't want to think about the fact that they are in favor of Americans more than humans all over the world. In reality, internationalism should be the only moral view. Patriotism and nationalism are fine and dandy, but when it comes to morals and the treatment of people, it makes sense that there should be one universal idea. What I find most interesting about this issue is the fact that there is an issue. It seems that one would have to be pretty ignorant and close minded to refute the idea of internationalism. If one is really arrogant enough to value one over another, there is an issue. Where this issue does get tricky is during war times when people are fighting to take the lives of others. I could be being a hypocrite right now, but if two people are fighting in a war setting, then I would, as an American, hold more value on the American's life. This is only so because of the war setting. If it were a situation with two civilians I would hold an equal value of the two lives.