Ang pagkamakabayan o pambansang pagmamataas ay ang pakiramdam ng pag-ibig, debosyon, at pakiramdam ng pagkakaugnay sa isang tinubuang bayan at alyansa sa iba pang mga mamamayan na magkapareho ng damdamin. Ang pagkakabit na ito ay maaaring isang kombinasyon ng maraming iba't ibang mga damdaming nauugnay sa sariling bayan, kabilang ang etniko, kultura, pampulitika o makasaysayang aspeto.
John Locke in his book: Two Treatises of Government establishes the principles that will then be the basis of the capitalist system. He is considered the father of classical liberalism. He understood that all men have lived in a primitive society or state of nature and they tend to organize. On the other hand, he argued that all men are naturally equal free and have the same rights: the right to freedom, right to security, right to equality, a right that will be fundamental ... the right to property Ownership and finally The right to life. The State's main mission is to protect these rights
