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	socialstudies.org \| Fostering Civic Virtue: Character Education in the Social Studies
		Civic dispositions are those habits of the heart and mind that are conducive to the healthy functioning of the democratic system.
		Civic virtue refers to what Alexis de Tocqueville called "habits of the heart," that is, a commitment to democratic principles and values that manifests itself in the everyday lives of citizens.
		A person possesses the civic virtue of respect for the worth and dignity of others when he or she can be counted on to behave in a manner consistent with that value.
	www.socialstudies.org /positions/character (2285 words)

	Civic Virtue, a Citizen's Responsibility, and the Femforce
		Civic virtue is achieved when a citizen acts responsibly, and, in a larger sense, civic virtue can be seen as a willingness to forsake private interest for the common/public/collective good.
		It was strength of character that allowed Valencia Kirk to recognize the value of civic virtue and the necessity of service when she became an intelligence agent and the same strength of character that motivated her to make the tough choice to carry on the work of her deceased husband and become a true hero.
		Themes touching on the consequences of civic virtue and the effect of civic virtue on interactions with teammates, superiors, the government, or the public may be explored.
	www.femforce-femfans.com /essays/civic.html (2391 words)

	Hoover Institution - Education Next - Tug of War
		Civic skill is the ability to deploy knowledge in the pursuit of political goals—actions such as voting, protesting, petitioning, and debating.
		Civic virtues integrate such knowledge and skill with proper civic motivations or attitudes, such as respect for the democratic process, love for the nation, and concern for the common good.
		Civic educators are often quite frank about the need to subordinate not only truth but also academic achievement to the imperatives of civic virtue.
	www.hoover.org /publications/ednext/3346656.html (3756 words)

	The Core Ideas of "CIVITAS: A Framework for Civic Education." ERIC Digest.
		Civic education in a democracy is education in self-government, which means active participation and not passive acquiescence in the actions of others.
		Civic education should consist of the intensive study and understanding of the nation's system of self-government, its values, commitments, and assumptions, and its relevant history; in short, it should involve the theory and practice of a free and open democratic society as it has developed in the United States of America.
		Civic dispositions refer to those attitudes and habits of mind of the citizen that are conducive to the healthy functioning and common good of the democratic system.
	www.ericdigests.org /1992-3/core.htm (1790 words)

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		The problem for adult civic education is to help learners develop civic virtue as a basis for acting when their involvement in a public issue in the first place is often driven by emotional investment in a special or "hot" interest, deflecting attention from a larger view of public responsibilities.
		Civic virtue involves first, interest in community issues and public affairs, second, willingness to be involved in matters of importance to the commonwealth, and third, an attitude of civility and decency toward one's fellow citizens.
		Pratte (1988) says: "Civic virtue is not a matter of mere behavior; it is a matter of forming a civic disposition, a willingness to act, in behalf of the public good while being attentive to and considerate of the feelings, needs, and attitudes of others.
	www.empowermentzone.com /civic_ed.txt (1350 words)

	Civil Society: A Reader
		Central to this approach was the notion that the survival of the republic, and of the freedoms which it represented, depended upon the civic virtue of its citizens, a notion echoed in much contemporary discussion, as in Ferguson's classic restatement of the problem.
		While Jefferson was convinced that civic virtue would grow in the measure that America's yeoman farmers became educated (in public institutions), the Jacobins went further, legislating everything from dress to speech and abolishing intermediary institutions of all sorts so as to ensure the citizenry's loyalty to the republic alone.
		Virtue might be central to the life of the polity, but it would have to be a virtue crafted to civic needs by the institutions of the Republic.
	arts-sciences.cua.edu /pol/faculty/foley/CivilSociety.htm (7144 words)

	Civic Virtue Under Attack! - City Hall Section - Clovis Free Press
		And virtue is ultimately necessary for the survival of liberty.
		In the end, people need to be more willing to tolerate the quirks and failings, even serious lapses of virtue among their neighbors, as long as such actions have only limited effect on others.
		Those who believe in both a free and virtuous society face serious challenges in the coming years, but neither cause will be helped by playing one against the other.
	www.clovisnews.com /cityhall/civic_virtue.html (1065 words)

	Civic Virtue (Informational Paper)
		Civic virtue is morality or a standard of righteous behavior in relationship to a citizen's involvement in society.
		Virtue, both civic and moral, is the way in which humans achieve their greatest happiness.
		In understanding civic virtue, it is important that students see the results of their philanthropic efforts and their ties to the greater society.
	www.learningtogive.org /papers/index.asp?bpid=12 (841 words)

	Civic virtue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Civic virtue is the cultivation of habits of personal living that are claimed to be important for the success of the community.
		Attempting to define the virtues needed to successfully govern the Athenian polis was a matter of significant concern for Socrates and Plato; a difference in civic vision ultimately was one of the factors that led to the trial of Socrates and his conflict with the Athenian democracy.
		Institutions that might be said to encourage civic virtue include the school, particularly with social studies courses, and the prison, namely in its rehabilitative function.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civic_virtue (2352 words)

	civic community @ the informal education homepage
		What they discovered in their investigation of civic traditions in modern Italy was a strong link between the performance of political institutions and the character of civic life — what they termed ‘the civic community’ (ibid: 15).
		This isn’t to say that a civic community is conflict-free, but we can expect such a community to be characterized by dialogue, respect for the other and a recognition that we are dependent on each other in various ways.
		Participation in civic associations develops skills of cooperation, a sense of shared responsibility for collective endeavours and a means of engaging with broader political systems.
	www.infed.org /association/civic_community.htm (2612 words)

	Talaria Enterprises: Museum Store Michelangelo renaissance David sculpture
		David--stoic against impossible odds and faithful to his beliefs--symbolized the essence of civic virtue to the Florentines.
		This Renaissance sculpture (1501-04) from the Galleria dell' Accademia, Florence faithfully reproduces Michelangelo's masterful depiction of the biblical David contemplating his battle with the giant Goliath.
		David--stoic against impossible odds and faithful to his beliefs--symbolized the essence of civic virtue to the residents of Florence during the Renaissance.
	www.talariaenterprises.com /product_lists/michelangelo.html (579 words)

	Active Citizenship - Civic Values
		Civic values are the principles that guide both the government and the public life of the people.
		The ideal of the Enlightenment philosophers was to define the natural rights of people and the civic values of a new kind of government that would allow the people to develop their full potential.
		It does remain, however, vitally important to affirm a common core of civic values that are 'American' and 'democratic.' Teaching the shared values and responsibilities of citizenship is central to the mission of the public schools in every generation.
	www.activecitizenship.org /civic.html (914 words)

	ASBJ Special Reports 2004 - 0404
		Civic virtue can be found in each of the five cases, including Briggs, that ultimately led to Brown v.
		Civic virtue had a distinctly different meaning to the white leaders in Summerton, S.C., than it did to De Laine.
		Civic virtue, the concept that faith and values should shape one's behavior in public and private life, is still at work in Clarendon County.
	www.asbj.com /brownvboard/brown4.html (2235 words)

	Citizenship: A Solution to the Military/Civilian Values Gap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The possession of the individual virtue is the key to the possession of the civic virtue.
		A "virtue" I understand with Aristotle and most of the philosophical tradition to be a habit of excellence; in the moral realm it is a habit of moral excellence.
		Public discussion of civic virtue is badly needed in American culture, and the military must realize that their participation in such discussion does not contribute to the politicization of the military nor does it threaten the rule of civilian authority.
	www.usafa.af.mil /jscope/JSCOPE01/Tiel01.html (6629 words)

	'Civic Virtue' still basis of government - The Clarion-Ledger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The ancient Greek and the author of the Constitution were born 2,000 years apart, but shared at least notion: "Civic virtue" is essential to (1) a stable civilization, and (2) a happy life.
		Also, the "virtue" he was defining has nothing to do with Britney or her claims to chastity.
		His conclusion was that people were content if they practiced "civic virtue" through acts of service to their neighbors.
	www.clarionledger.com /news/0401/18/lmitchell.html (656 words)

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		The clearest indicator of a decline in civic virtue is an increasing disengagement of Americans from the political process.
		The decline in civic virtue is especially marked among young people and their waning participation in the election process.
		Summary Due to a general decrease in civic involvement among Americans, notable groups such as NCSS have called for the cultivation of civic virtue in the classroom to reignite participation in the political process.
	ted.coe.wayne.edu /sse/finding/costa.doc (6815 words)

	"Civic Virtue" from Independent
		This MacMonnies carved 'Civic Virtue' in the form of a man with a sword and he has a foot on the neck -- so to speak -- of a lady who represents 'Civic Wrong.' He has killed her.
		If a lady 'Civic Wrong' was wanted in the composition, boss, you could show her between the jail and the City Hall, sawing wood and having nothing to say to our reporter but looking well and hearty.
		A statue of 'Civic Virtue in America' ought to show a nervous little male in a last year's suit trying to mind his own business and hoping he won't be fined ten dollars because the hired girl left the lid off the garbage can this morning.
	www.ellisparkerbutler.info /epb/reading.asp?id=3896 (827 words)

	NONVIOLENCE AS A CIVIC VIRTUE
		Critics of virtues ethics claim that virtues vary across cultures, so it is impossible to choose which are the correct ones.
		This comment reveals one of the greatest moral problems of our time: the division between personal and civic virtue, and the corollary assumption that as long as citizens are not breaking any laws, they have no moral obligations to others or even to themselves.
		To overcome the criticism that virtues taught are too ethnocentric, school curricula need to have units that show how the virtues express themselves in the world’s major cultures and religions.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /ngier/nvcvshort.htm (707 words)

	Adult Civic Education. ERIC Digest
		Adult civic education can be defined as "the purposeful and systematic effort to develop in adults the skills and dispositions to function effectively as citizens in their communities as well as in the larger world.
		The ultimate objective of civic education is to help citizens learn to be morally responsible actors.
		Civic knowledge, skills, and the disposition to use them in order to achieve a vision of the community that is desired can be furthered through purposefully structured civic education.
	www.ericdigests.org /1992-1/civic.htm (1557 words)

	LIBERALISM'S VIRTUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Virtue is back in fashion, and not only in the academy where liberals and communitarians, feminists and civic republicans, neo-Aristotelians and natural law theorists are busy expounding rival and in many ways incompatible catalogues of virtue.
		Beneficence is a virtue that expresses a general respect for the humanity in other persons; gratitude a respect for the humanity in benefactors; and sympathy a respect for the humanity in the poor and downtrodden.
		Their differences of opinion about virtue as well as underlying continuities can be brought out by examining in the case of each thinker the specific catalogue of virtues put forward, the end or ends virtue is asked to serve, and the means proposed for fostering virtue.
	mason.gmu.edu /~berkowit/liberalismsvirtue.htm (6428 words)

	Recovering Civic Virtue by David Forte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At bottom, the commentators were calling the President to account for failing to exercise civic virtue and for failing to nominate a public servant schooled in the practice of civic virtue.
		She lacked the Aristotelian virtues bred of education and reflective experience that would direct a person in such a position of awesome responsibility.
		The critics of the President metaphorically held their heads as they viewed at least a half dozens candidates who were trained in the virtues of judging, skilled in discerning the Constitution’s original understanding, and who had been shown to be thoughtful and articulate.
	www.ashbrook.org /publicat/oped/forte/05/civicvirtue.html (1049 words)

	Reason Magazine - The Dark Side of War-Inspired Civic Virtue
		For one, it appears that some communitarians and liberals are so put off by the individualism, materialism, and frivolity they see around them in times of prosperity and safety that they come perilously close to welcoming bad times.
		The civic virtues hailed by the communitarians are important.
		But there is also something precious about the vision of a good society in which individuals are free to live on their own, pursuing happiness as they choose.
	www.reason.com /news/show/31984.html (667 words)

	The Decay of Civic Virtue
		One of the main components in the Platonic discussion of Civic Virtue is that of governing as a responsibility, not a vocation.
		Saul Bellow noted that “Public virtue is a kind of ghost town into which anyone can move and declare himself sheriff.” [v] To me, it seems quite evident that the quote implies a lack of public virtue in our society.
		Ancient Greece started this idea of civic virtue and leadership and America is the realized dream, or at least has the potential to be.
	mysite.verizon.net /edfinn3/virtue1.html (1316 words)

	The Daily Princetonian - Hart calls for return to civic virtue in government
		Of the three major components of classic republican government — civic virtue, popular sovereignty and resistance to corruption — the last two are absent from current politics, Hart said.
		Civic virtue, he said, is now a quaint term, rarely used by the government.
		To correct the wrongs of American government, people must exercise their civic responsibility to overcome corruption, he said.
	www.dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2003/04/16/news/7965.shtml (677 words)

	David Blacker / CIVIC VIRTUE, MARKETS AND SCHOOLING: LESSONS FROM HEGEL'S EDUCATIONAL STATE
		Their cardinal virtue is honesty, along with other qualities desirable in a merchant (prudence, thrift, tidiness, and the like).
		Both the bourgeoisie and agricultural class are disqualified from civic virtue: the former, because of the levelling process it has undergone, and the latter, due to its innate involvement in relations of dependency, fostered by its necessary subservience to nature and its vestigial feudal mentality.
		The educated class, though once its guardian, thereby loses (an) interest in the ethical whole; the teachers of civic virtue are eclipsed with the advent of modernity.
	www.ed.uiuc.edu /EPS/PES-Yearbook/92_docs/BLACKER.HTM (3789 words)

	Conservatism and Civic Virtue - The World and I Magazine
		Regardless of the particulars, the point I am making is that it is important to show how we are all part of a civic community in which we care about the weakest and poorest, even the fetus.
		But the principle that those who gain most from the existence of the polity should bear a greater proportionate burden in supporting it is an important support for civic virtue.
		Perhaps what Congress and the president need is an advisory group of moderate and nondoctrinaire individuals who will look at what is required in terms of policy and legislation to increase both the reality and the perception that we are a virtuous civil society joined in a common enterprise and with a common destiny.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1996/march/ar5.cfm (2860 words)

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