Community Rights and Responsibility
1991-12-27T14:07:00-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvQ2FwaXRvbF9kZWZhdWx0LWltYWdlLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19George Washington University and Responsive Community sponsored a teach-in to discuss their ideals of civic responsibility, or communitarianism. Their platform focuses on a concept of reciprocal obligation on community members, which maintains that citizens owe their community something in return for public aid and services. Supporters of the communitarian movement disdain both conventional conservative political thinking, which emphasizes market forces, and conventional liberal political thought, which emphasizes individual rights above the interests of the community.
George Washington University and Responsive Community sponsored a teach-in to discuss their ideals of civic responsibility, or… read more
George Washington University and Responsive Community sponsored a teach-in to discuss their ideals of civic responsibility, or communitarianism. Their platform focuses on a concept of reciprocal obligation on community members, which maintains that citizens owe their community something in return for public aid and services. Supporters of the communitarian movement disdain both conventional conservative political thinking, which emphasizes market forces, and conventional liberal political thought, which emphasizes individual rights above the interests of the community. close
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- Roger Conner Executive Director American Alliance Rights and Responsibil.
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- Johannes Kuttner Representative White House->Office of Public Policy
- Jay Lefkowitz Member White House Domestic Policy Council
- Jane Mansbridge Professor Northwestern University->Political Science
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- Daniel Yankelovich President Public Agenda Foundation
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