Conversation today with good friend and economic development
innovator, the originator of "Strategic Doing," Ed Morrison. He's
fascinated by the American founding fathers who declared early on that
democracy only works to the extent that people engage from a context
of "civic virtues." The idea of civic virtues goes back to at least the Classical era in
the west and the Confucian era in the east. They focus to a large
degree on the practice of courtesy and hospitality in communities. It
takes people beyond obsession with the rights of individual and
government, because its focus is on community and shared
responsibilities. The whole conversation about civic virtues calls into question that it
may be time that we establish a Bill of Responsibilities. In the
meantime, what virtues would you add to the list of civic virtues?
innovator, the originator of "Strategic Doing," Ed Morrison. He's
fascinated by the American founding fathers who declared early on that
democracy only works to the extent that people engage from a context
of "civic virtues." The idea of civic virtues goes back to at least the Classical era in
the west and the Confucian era in the east. They focus to a large
degree on the practice of courtesy and hospitality in communities. It
takes people beyond obsession with the rights of individual and
government, because its focus is on community and shared
responsibilities. The whole conversation about civic virtues calls into question that it
may be time that we establish a Bill of Responsibilities. In the
meantime, what virtues would you add to the list of civic virtues?
