Mabini’s “True Decalogue” and the Morality of Nationalism

• Main Author: Mabaquiao, Napoleon M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Apolinario Mabini; True Decalogue; nationalism; national partiality; morality of nationalism
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol17/iss3/3; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1135/viewcontent/RA2_Mabaquiao_20030818.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

For its significant role in legitimizing the Philippine revolution in 1898, the place of Apolinario Mabini’s “True Decalogue” in Philippine history is already well secured. In this essay, I, however, demonstrate the continuing relevance of this work in current discussions on the morality of national...