The Justice of One's Country's Cause

by JLS
for the GC

WE WERE DISCUSSING with J metaphysical arguments and stuff, and Grice notes that transcendental arguments are fine, provided you detect the non-alethic trappings to them.

It's like the fidelity to one's wife, he writes -- he means his own wife, not anyONE's wife -- why should I be faithful to anyone's wife? -- and one's commitment to 'the justice of one's country's cause' -- at

www.jstor.org/stable/2253881
[PDF] The Conception of Value.
spouse, the justice of one's country's cause] as a matter of faith. In the metaphysical region, too, the practical aspect may come first: we must ...

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In any case, Grice mentions 'patriotism' as the source. It is just his example of practical argument. His point is that one's satisfaction with the justice of one's country's cause is not a matter of evidential support.

I agree! Evidential support will lead you ANYWHERE but to the realisation of the justice of one's country's cause. It is different with two's countries's causes.