Sentences with phrase «good citizens of democracy»

«If we wish to train good citizens of democracy it is essential that one of the conscious and deliberate aims of their teachers should be to interest their pupils in the affairs of the modern world and so to train them that they will later develop a power of wise social judgement.»

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I plan to continue to push the B.C. Liberal government through this fall sitting of the legislature to finally stand up for good democracy and make the shift necessary to put individual citizens at the centre of our democracy.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

Rorty does take a stand on a current educational issue when he supports efforts to promote literacy in a democracy so that the electorate can understand the issues of the day and become better citizens.

If the means through which the United States carries out its foreign policy are windows through which we can better see ourselves, then one can better understand why D'Escoto expressed concern about our wellbeing, the viability of our democracy, and the likelihood of widespread repression against U.S. citizens.

As the technological era permeates cultures worldwide, the mass media are increasingly employed as a tool of the production - consumption cycle rather than as a resource for the education, information, and entertainment required for the well - being of all people, an element essential to the development of citizens in any democracy.

If it is ever to be brought into being in the real world, my basic democracy would, of course, require a fleshed - out superstructure in which real humans could live together — arguing as well as deliberating, competing as well as deciding, united and distinguished by something beyond their shared conviction that equality, freedom, and civic dignity are essential to collective self - government by citizens.

The government of a liberal democracy is like every other government in that it coerces its citizens in all kinds of ways for the common good — the dominant form of this coercion being taxation.

Genuine pluralism is a civilizational achievement: the achievement of what Murray called an «orderly conversation» — a conversation about personal goods and the common good, about the relationship between freedom and moral truth, about the virtues necessary to form the kind of citizens who can live their freedom in such a way as to make the machinery of democracy serve genuinely humanistic ends.

I think it is a good definition, but must also at least have the very basic characteristics of a Democracy, direct or representative rule with citizens voting on representatives.

Democratic citizens» active and even agonistic political participation guarantees the well - functioning of a democracy.

The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.

John P. McCormick: Well, I merely offered a sketch for how a modern institution that excluded wealthy citizens might wield some of the powers held by the Roman tribunes within modern electoral democracies.

This would allow legislators, the public and media to weigh - in on the appropriateness of these allocations before the budget is passed to better engage citizens in this representative democracy.

If democracy is good enough for some citizens of this «Union», it's good enough for all of us.

«As we celebrate June 12 as Democracy Day, let us remember the struggles and sacrifices of our heroes and heroines by continuing to be good citizens, by working hard and paying our taxes.

Describing democracy as the best form of government in the world, Syminton noted that the policies adopted by the Osun state government in stimulating her economy and advancing the well being of her citizens remains the major characteristics of democracy in the world.

According to her, the role of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) like INEC in a democracy «is to conduct free, fair and credible elections as well as provide an enabling environment for all eligible citizens irrespective of sex, creed or tribe to exercise their constitutional rights and privileges to vote and be voted for during periodic elections.»

Using examples from a range of scientific controversies, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and citizens - to think carefully about how best science can contribute to policy - making and a healthy democracy.

And so they are not just the skills one needs for work, they are also the skills all of us need to be engaged and effective citizens in a 21st century democracy, as well as to be life - long learners.

The potential of the internet for the deepening and enhancement of democracy has been destroyed by the success of monopoly capitalism and the internet has actually contributed as much to inequality as it has to fostering equality and here I am particularly concerned about the potential of the media to aid in the surveillance of citizens and well as the propagandizing against socialist alternatives to capitalism.

The bottom line is that while there are myriad reasons to support or oppose private school vouchers, the argument that one sector will generate citizens better prepared to participate in our democracy is not supported by the weight of the research evidence.

Iran's human rights atrocities are also studiously ignored by the Obama administration, in favor of sitting down at the negotiating table with those who cause them, not realizing, as the former Soviet dissident, Natan Sharansky explains [FN: The Case for Democracy by Natan Sharansky]: a country that does not treat its own citizens well, will probably not treat is neighbors any better.

Macedo charges that many critics of public education mistakenly assume that good citizens «spring full - blown from the soil of private freedom,» while others, forgetting the «civic dimensions of political life,» define liberal democracy exclusively in terms of individual liberties.

Meanwhile, choice has had the effect of producing many competing schools while destroying what ought to be the bedrock of early education, the solid, well - run neighborhood public school with its coherent and clear ideas of what children need to know to be responsible citizens in a democracy.

The best way to do this, in my view, is to support the educational opportunities of Hispanic, African - American, Asian, Muslim, of racial and ethnic minority children and youth and low income students and to systematically look for ways to help these our children and youth develop agency, and understanding of the political process and of the many opportunities to make democracy work in the acts of ordinary citizens, to discover and master the codes of political participation and power, to develop political efficacy.

At the center of this reform was a set of goals for students that addressed the needs of a democracy for preparing well - educated citizens, including focuses on thinking and problem solving, real - life applications, self - sufficiency, team membership, and interdisciplinary integration.

Given the powerful, well - funded interests behind the plan, no one would describe it as the kind of grassroots effort the Founding Fathers had in mind when they dreamed of a dynamic democracy driven by engaged citizens.

What's more, as parents we want our children to receive a well - rounded education that prepares them not just to be «college and career ready» but to be life ready — to develop the critical thinking skills, the creativity, the social skills, and the ability to advocate for themselves that they'll need as citizens in what's left of our democracy post-Citizens United and McCutcheon.

And of course my favorite non-BRICS, as it has a very USA - like economy in miniature (except a stable, growing economy and well - managed low - corporate - tax haven that uses direct democracy to decide tax issues) with a carbon cycle pricing scheme that could become a model for a made - in - America policy that puts revenues from carbon - emission - pricing in the pockets of the owners of the carbon cycle — the citizens, directly, British Columbia.