The politics of drift: civic virtues, associations and citizenship

Authors

Iain T. Benson, The University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow

Publication Details

Benson, I. T. (2017). The politics of drift: civic virtues, associations and citizenship. Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas, 33 (2), 45-53.

Abstract

We need to move beyond the shallow discourse of ‘values’ and rediscover ‘civic virtues’ by engaging religious and humanist traditions in order to build a deeper shared moral language of citizenship, argues Iain T. Benson.

Keywords

values, civic virtues, religious traditions, humanist traditions, shared moral language, social bonds, citizenship

Link to Publisher Version (URL)

https://www.cis.org.au/app/uploads/2017/07/33-2-benson-iain.pdf