| '''Citizenship''' status often implies some responsibilities and duties under [[social contract theory]]. "Active citizenship" is the philosophy that citizens should work towards the betterment of their [[community]] through economic participation, public service, [[volunteer]] work, and other such efforts to improve life for all citizens. In this vein, [[school]]s in some countries provide citizenship [[education]]. | | '''Citizenship''' status often implies some responsibilities and duties under [[social contract theory]]. "Active citizenship" is the philosophy that citizens should work towards the betterment of their [[community]] through economic participation, public service, [[volunteer]] work, and other such efforts to improve life for all citizens. In this vein, [[school]]s in some countries provide citizenship [[education]]. |
| [ME. citesein, etc., a. Anglo-Fr. citeseyn, -zein, sithezein, altered form of OF. citeain, citehain, citein, citeen, citien, citain, later citeyen, citoyen:L. type *cvittn-um, f. cvitt-em city (cf. oppidn-um, villn-um); Romanic type civtatno, -dano, whence Pr. ciutadan, Sp. ciudadano, Pg. ciudadão; and Pr. ciptadan, It. cittadano, now cittadino, OF. cite(h)ain. The intercalation of s (z) in Anglo-Fr. citesain has not been explained: association with dainzain denizen, which was often an equivalent term, has been suggested. The suggestion that z was a mistaken reading of , meaning y, on the part of a 13th or 14th c. scribe or scribes, is in every respect untenable.] | | [ME. citesein, etc., a. Anglo-Fr. citeseyn, -zein, sithezein, altered form of OF. citeain, citehain, citein, citeen, citien, citain, later citeyen, citoyen:L. type *cvittn-um, f. cvitt-em city (cf. oppidn-um, villn-um); Romanic type civtatno, -dano, whence Pr. ciutadan, Sp. ciudadano, Pg. ciudadão; and Pr. ciptadan, It. cittadano, now cittadino, OF. cite(h)ain. The intercalation of s (z) in Anglo-Fr. citesain has not been explained: association with dainzain denizen, which was often an equivalent term, has been suggested. The suggestion that z was a mistaken reading of , meaning y, on the part of a 13th or 14th c. scribe or scribes, is in every respect untenable.] |
| *2. A member of a [[state]], an enfranchised inhabitant of a country, as opposed to an alien; in U.S., a [[person]], native or naturalized, who has the privilege of voting for [[public]] offices, and is entitled to full protection in the exercise of [[private]] rights. | | *2. A member of a [[state]], an enfranchised inhabitant of a country, as opposed to an alien; in U.S., a [[person]], native or naturalized, who has the privilege of voting for [[public]] offices, and is entitled to full protection in the exercise of [[private]] rights. |
− | The attainment of a high cultural [[civilization]] demands, first, the [[ideal]] type of citizen and, then, ideal and adequate social [[mechanisms]] wherewith such a citizenry may control the [[economic]] and [[political]] institutions of such an advanced [[human]] [[society]].[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper99.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper99.html&line=62#mfs] | + | The attainment of a high cultural [[civilization]] demands, first, the [[ideal]] type of citizen and, then, ideal and adequate social [[mechanisms]] wherewith such a citizenry may control the [[economic]] and [[political]] institutions of such an advanced [[human]] [[society]].[https://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper99.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper99.html&line=62#mfs] |