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Single Idea 22545
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship
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Full Idea
It is possible for someone to be an excellent citizen without having acquired the virtue in accord with which someone is an excellent man. …[1278b02] In one sort of city the good man and the excellent citizen are the same.
Gist of Idea
A person can be an excellent citizen without being an excellent man
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1276b33)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.56
A Reaction
Thus confutes my simple summary of Aristotelian ethics as 'be a good citizen!'. He thinks leaders of communities must be excellent men. You can fulfil a role in the city (soldier, doctor, cleaner) without all-round excellence (see 1276b39).
The
38 ideas
with the same theme
[qualifications, duties and rights of a citizen]:
23561
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People doing their jobs properly is the fourth cardinal virtue for a city
[Plato]
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24234
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I have discussed the best constitution, and the kind of citizens it requires
[Plato]
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1764
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Diogenes said he was a citizen of the world
[Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
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22544
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A citizen is someone who is allowed to hold official posts in a city
[Aristotle]
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2818
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The virtues of a good citizen are relative to a particular constitution
[Aristotle]
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22545
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A person can be an excellent citizen without being an excellent man
[Aristotle]
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22563
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The middle classes are neither ambitious nor anarchic, which is good
[Aristotle]
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23352
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A citizen should only consider what is good for the whole society
[Epictetus]
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20874
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A citizen is committed to ignore private advantage, and seek communal good
[Epictetus]
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19892
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Children are not born into citizenship of a state
[Locke]
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19893
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Anyone who enjoys the benefits of a state has given tacit consent to be part of it
[Locke]
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19894
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You can only become an actual member of a commonwealth by an express promise
[Locke]
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19854
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We all owe labour in return for our keep, and every idle citizen is a thief
[Rousseau]
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19817
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Citizens should be independent of each other, and very dependent on the state
[Rousseau]
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19840
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A citizen is a subject who is also sovereign
[Rousseau]
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21067
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A citizen must control his own life, and possess property or an important skill
[Kant]
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22777
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Individuals must dedicate themselves to the ethical whole, and give their lives when asked
[Hegel]
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21791
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Social groups must focus on the state, which must in turn respect their inclusion and their will
[Hegel]
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22795
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People can achieve respect for their state by insight into its essence
[Hegel]
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23050
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The ideal is a society in which all citizens are ladies and gentlemen
[Green,TH]
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23052
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Enfranchisement is an end in itself; it makes a person moral, and gives a basis for respect
[Green,TH]
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24153
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Humans are determined by community, so its preservation is their most valued drive
[Nietzsche]
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20371
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Nietzsche thinks we should join a society, in order to criticise, heal and renew it
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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24218
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People can't be citizens in public life if they are oppressed in economic life
[Weil]
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23822
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We all need to partipate in public tasks, and take some initiative
[Weil]
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24200
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A citizen is defined by their subjection to the laws
[Weil]
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23843
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Even the poorest should feel collective ownership, and participation in grand display
[Weil]
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23840
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A citizen should be able to understand the whole of society
[Weil]
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22817
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Citizenship involves a group of mutually supporting rights, which create community and equality
[Miller,D]
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23369
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Some liberals thinks checks and balances are enough, without virtuous citizens
[Kymlicka]
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23370
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Good citizens need civic virtues of loyalty, independence, diligence, respect, etc.
[Kymlicka]
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23373
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Liberals accept that people need society, but Aristotelians must show that they need political activity
[Kymlicka]
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23375
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Minimal liberal citizenship needs common civility, as well as mere non-interference
[Kymlicka]
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23376
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Modern non-discrimination obliges modern citizens to treat each other as equals
[Kymlicka]
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23377
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The right wing sees citizenship in terms of responsibility to earn a living, rather than rights
[Kymlicka]
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23116
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Citizenship is easier than parenthood
[Kekes]
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20986
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A person's voice may count because of their interests, or because of their good sense
[Sen]
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20542
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Cosmopolitans reject the right of different states to distribute resources in different ways
[Swift]
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