Current developments Involvement in public affairs is conducive to a good way of living Intrinsic worth or value of participation in civic affairs Importance of community,in which duty and civic virtues play a strong and formative role Contemporary Western states are seeking to increase civic commitment and engagement
Current developments • Involvement in public affairs is conducive to a good way of living • Intrinsic worth or value of participation in civic affairs • Importance of community, in which duty and civic virtues play a strong and formative role Contemporary Western states are seeking to increase civic commitment and engagement
Citizenship as a practice To be a citizen is to act in a particular way and within particular political community ↓ The aim of citizens education is not just any kind of participation by any kind of citizen;it is the participation of informed and responsible citizens Citizens should work towards the betterment of their community through economic participation,public,volunteer work,and other such efforts to improve life for all citizens
Citizenship as a practice To be a citizen is to act in a particular way and within particular political community The aim of citizens education is not just any kind of participation by any kind of citizen; it is the participation of informed and responsible citizens Citizens should work towards the betterment of their community through economic participation, public, volunteer work, and other such efforts to improve life for all citizens
Main principles of citizenship Western approach
Main principles of citizenship Western approach
Main principles of citizenship Citizens have civic obligations Citizens must develop an awareness of the common good Citizens must act in accordance with civic virtue Citizenship should incorporate deliberative aspect The challenge for today is to build communities that are strong,and which build a“sense of belonging”,"shared goals'”,"solidarity'and“mutuality
Main principles of citizenship • Citizens have civic obligations • Citizens must develop an awareness of the common good • Citizens must act in accordance with civic virtue • Citizenship should incorporate deliberative aspect The challenge for today is to build communities that are strong, and which build a “sense of belonging”, “shared goals”, “solidarity” and “mutuality
Civic obligations-origins Aristotelian thought The existence of significant moral obligations which citizens,as human beings,have to each other as members of political communities Humans are obligated to others with whom they have communal ties, whether familial,societal,historical or spiritual.Such obligations are not only common to all,but are an essential aspect of who we are both as citizens and as human beings Humans have to "fulfil ends we have not chosen-ends given by nature or God...or by our identities as members of families,peoples,cultures,or traditions' Sandel,1996
Civic obligations - origins • Aristotelian thought • The existence of significant moral obligations which citizens, as human beings, have to each other as members of political communities • Humans are obligated to others with whom they have communal ties, whether familial, societal, historical or spiritual. Such obligations are not only common to all, but are an essential aspect of who we are both as citizens and as human beings Humans have to “fulfil ends we have not chosen – ends given by nature or God ... or by our identities as members of families, peoples, cultures, or traditions” Sandel, 1996