civic obligations
What citizens owe
Civic obligations are the duties citizens owe to their community and government—voting, jury service, paying taxes, obeying laws.
The term emphasizes responsibility rather than mere participation: She took her civic obligations seriously and never missed an election.
Distinguished from civic rights, which flow the other direction.
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- votingFormally registering a choice
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- volunteeringGiving service without pay
- flagCloth symbol or signal
whistleblowing · jury duty · sworn oath · paying taxes · line · ballot · standing in line · poll worker · fairness · accountability · recycling · honesty · handshake · sticker · signature · census · speech · public participation
civic obligationspersonal freedoms
Rights individuals possess inherently
individual rights · civil liberties · personal autonomy · individual liberty · self-determination
civic obligationsself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
private life · family obligations · personal business · household duties
civic obligationssocial withdrawal
Retreating from interpersonal contact
dereliction of duty · non-participation · free riding · antisocial behavior
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