Sentences with phrase «democratic civic society»

I think it is right to say that these are issues for the MCB itself, but also that its standing in democratic civic society will depend on what it chooses to voice.

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Not because they are gay affirming (they aren't), but because they see the issue as a matter of civic respect and fairness within a democratic society.

Articulating the answer is crucial, because today there are growing threats of coercion on both sides, and the secularism that refuses to recognize the proper civic roles of religious members of society gives rise to religious reactionaries that reject the moral legitimacy of democratic society.

A third reason for questioning economic growth is that as a means to an end, green republicans focus on the threshold beyond which the pursuit of economic growth does not add to human flourishing, or a healthy democratic polity, and associated forms of active citizenship and the civic fabric of a free society.

The students were judged the best in such categories as understanding «the importance of civic engagement in a democratic society» and using «technological skills to enhance the value of their projects» by a panel including CEOs of large businesses such as Walgreens and Radio Shack, as well as members of the educational and civic communities.

The panelists share the belief that youth civic engagement is essential for a successful democratic society and that it is an issue that has been neglected in recent decades.

The challenge for our diverse, pluralistic and democratic society — a challenge that, as ever, falls most heavily on schools, the civic institutions with the broadest reach in American life — is to blunt the sense that we are, in fact, coming apart.

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Without exposure to diverse points of view and training in the dispositions required for successful civic participation in a democratic society, students will be unable to effectively use the content knowledge they learn to its fullest potential.

William Damon (p. 22) points out that «a democratic society, for its very survival, needs to constantly replenish its ranks with new cadres of young people educated in citizenship and dedicated to civic virtues.»