Perhaps? I’m content to accept that “”X is patriotic” entails “X believes X’s country is good”″ ⇒ “X’s patriotism is true only if X’s country is good”. This is admittedly an extended sense of “true”, to mean something like “does not entail falsehoods,” but I’m willing to work with it.
I’m content to accept that “”X is patriotic” entails “X believes X’s country is good”″ ⇒ “X’s patriotism is true only if X’s country is good”.
I would accept those, or at least continue the conversation without commenting, although I’d squirm rather a lot at the final one. What I couldn’t accept is “patriotism is true”.
Perhaps?
I’m content to accept that “”X is patriotic” entails “X believes X’s country is good”″ ⇒ “X’s patriotism is true only if X’s country is good”. This is admittedly an extended sense of “true”, to mean something like “does not entail falsehoods,” but I’m willing to work with it.
I would accept those, or at least continue the conversation without commenting, although I’d squirm rather a lot at the final one. What I couldn’t accept is “patriotism is true”.