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What does it mean?
Citizens belong to their nation, not just themselves.
In plain terms
Your life belongs to your country.
What can you take from it?
Duty to country outweighs personal ownership.

Where it applies

  • national service
  • civic duty
  • war

Putting it to work

  • volunteering
  • paying taxes
  • following civic duties

Questions to consider

  • Where does individual rights end?
  • Should life belong to the state?

Another view

This view can justify demanding too much from individuals.

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