Civic virtue and mutual personal trust are the same achievement

Evidence

The achievement of widespread civility is equivalent to the achievement of a pattern of widespread personal trust—a pattern, supported by a belief in civility, of confident mutual reliance—and it means the establishment of a flourishing civil society. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1298

Categorization

• DEFINE: Equates widespread civility with a pattern of confident mutual reliance.
• XREF: Connects civic republicanism’s civility notion to social-capital trust research (Coleman) previously read. — connects to: Mutual trust predates and is prerequisite for civic virtue. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 33; Civic virtue rests on group identification and satisfying identities, not just self-discipline; Social trust and civic engagement co-vary across societies as one underlying factor. — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 59 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Widespread civility and flourishing civil society reduce to shared personal trust #corroborates (0.85)
• Civic virtue rests on group identification and satisfying identities, not just self-discipline #complicates (0.80)
• Social trust and civic engagement co-vary across societies as one underlying factor. #exemplifies (0.75) — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, 59
• Civic virtue grows through identification with the polity, offering new identities #complicates (0.75) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1297