Speakers
Panelists: Henry Olsen, Ethics and Public Policy Center | Susan McWilliams Barndt, Pomona College | Greg Weiner, Assumption College | Colleen Sheehan, Villanova University
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Spring Conference Year
2020 Spring Conference
Event Type
The Civic Discourse Project
Academic Year
2019-2020
Civic Discourse Project season
Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America
Video Title
Citizenship and Democracy
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What is the office of the citizen in contemporary American democracy? This panel will consider the understanding of the citizen from the time of the Founding to the present. How did the Founders understand the responsibilities and duties of the citizen in the new American Republic? What knowledge did they expect the citizen to have? What duties did they expect the citizen to perform? What was and is the role of active citizenship and public-spiritedness in American democracy?