citizenship

For Murphy, the right message might come from an earlier era—a notion that could seem antithetical to the very idea of progressivism. “We cannot and shouldn’t abandon some of the traditional ways that men find value and meaning: in providing protection, in taking high levels of risk, in taking pride in physical work,” he told me. “There’s a lot of ... See more

While James Madison understood that a healthy republic was impossible without engaged citizens, he also recognized that in a free nation people would divide into competing interests for a variety of reasons

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution created national citizenship, that everyone born in the United States is a citizen.

important as digital literacy or competence in today’s digital world to be able to operate safely and benefit effectively

“establish justice, secure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.” This requires actions from both the people and the government and sets the stage for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

The legal rights of citizenship include things like voting in elections and due process of law for the accused. Responsibilities include things like paying taxes and serving on juries.

the number of studies investigating students’ moral values in digital environments seems scarce

On paper, these seem simple, but they require much more of us. For example, voting requires us to be informed on the issues facing our communities. The best way to get informed is to be engaged.

Good civic habits, also called virtues, facilitate this engagement, which is critical for maintaining a democracy. Civic virtues like integrity, responsibility, courage, and justice bind us together as citizens. They do so by supporting just civic action and promoting a common identity around living freely within our communities. Other virtues like... See more