civic duties
Community member obligations
Civic duties are the responsibilities that citizens have toward their community and government.
These typically include voting, jury service, paying taxes, and obeying laws—obligations that maintain the functioning of democratic society.
The phrase often carries a tone of moral expectation: She considers voting her civic duty.
Unlike civic rights, which are entitlements, civic duties emphasize what citizens owe rather than what they're owed.
- votingFormally registering a choice
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- juryLegal decision-making body
- taxesMandatory government payments
- citizenshipStatus as state member
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- naturalizationcitizenship test, naturalization ceremony, naturalization test, naturalization certificate, citizenship oath
- civic observancesnational anthem, moment of silence, flag salute, flag ceremony, Memorial Day
- Solonian reformsdebt relief, archons, ecclesia, boule, court system
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- life skillsreading, writing, cooking, cleaning, laundry
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
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Rights individuals possess inherently
individual rights · civil liberties · private rights · personal autonomy · self-determination
civic dutiesself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
social withdrawal · personal life · individualism · isolationism · social isolation
civic dutiesdereliction of duty
Willful failure at responsibilities
lawlessness · tax evasion · draft dodging · shirking · free riding
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