In the process of human civilization, people’s behavior is not only to be boundby the system, but also by moral constraints, and the more human civilization, thestronger the binding moral human behavior. In modern democratic societies, there isa relatively perfect system restricts the behavior of citizens, and the rights andobligations of citizenship, should be fulfilled, however, in order to enable citizens insuch a society to realize the true value of a country’s membership, the most importantthing is to rely on civic virtue generally recognized to constrain the behavior ofcitizens. Because of the important role of civic virtue to regulate the quality andbehavior of citizens have, so the concept of civic virtue, content, and how tocultivate civic virtue should become one of the important contemporary issuescurrently under discussion.Citizens and civic virtue. Citizens are having a nationality, the right to theConstitution and constitutional obligations, rights and duties of citizens are unifiedcitizen is a political and legal concepts. Civic virtue is a good quality and the ability tocitizenship and civic-minded citizens to realize their own values and the pursuitof happiness, to exercise their rights and obligations when required by theConstitution have in a democratic society. In contemporary society due to thedifferent regimes, in theory there is a lot of controversy civic virtue, as demonstratedby liberalism, communitarianism, republicanism, etc., and its essence is the virtue ofthe requirements of different regimes for citizens should have, Although there is a lotof controversy, but these are present in the civic virtue in a democratic society, andthe dispute between these civic virtue, worth our reference.The basic content of civic virtue. According to Aristotle’s virtue from the pointof view of the rational and irrational, we will be summed up as citizens of civic virtueand civic virtue ethics virtue of reason, and in accordance with the practice of virtuetheory MacIntyre summarized as civic virtue citizens practice virtue. We believe thatthe ethical virtues of citizens, including public trust, mutual respect, tolerance to eachother. Civic virtue include rational intellect wisdom, advocating science and thepursuit of democracy. Citizenship is the practice of virtue in practice as citizensshould have the virtue, the performance of active participation in public affairs, the right of individual rights advocates, brave innovation practices and strict adherence tocommon rules in modern society.Nurture and develop civic virtue. Foster civic virtue is virtue in terms of citizenparticipation in social, economic, legal, community and other life form, such as thedevelopment of market economy fostered citizen entrepreneurial spirit and good faith,reasonable self-interest and altruism, and other virtues of unity; the legal system ofjustice is cultivated virtue of citizens, so that citizens have a sense of justice and makerighteous behavior; community life nurturing good citizens morality. Cultivation ofcivic virtue from the perspective of its citizens, and its path from the five majorethical relationship extended to six Lun Lun; trust relationship from acquaintancesextended to strangers; indifference to public affairs changed from active participation.Its methods are Xuesi combined unity of knowledge, self-reflection and so on.Contemporary Value nurture and develop research has a very important civic virtue,and if they can better realize the value of citizenship; contribute to the formation ofcivil society to correct common sense; help maintain harmony and stability of societyas a whole and so on. |