Civic virtue grows from rewarding group identification, not self-discipline.

Evidence

Civility or civic virtue may not be so difficult of achievement as it often seems. It involves not just the internalization of public values and the disciplining of personal desires; given the communitarian nature of freedom as non-domination, it also involves identification with larger groups, even with the polity as a whole, and access to new and satisfying identities. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1297 (#expands, via linked claim)

Social Identity Theory also recognizes the fundamental distinction between collective and personal identity. That is, a person can define or categorize himself or herself alternatively as the embodiment of a social collective or as a unique individual with personal motives, goals, and achievements. At the group level, the goals and achievements of the group are merged with one’s own, and the group’s welfare is paramount. At the individual level, one’s personal welfare and goals are most salient and important. Intergroup relations begin when people in different groups think about themselves as group members rather than as distinct individuals. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 548 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Civic virtue advances republican freedom instrumentally, not intrinsically. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 65; Civic virtue rests on group identification and satisfying identities, not just self-discipline; Civic virtue grows through identification with the polity, offering new identities — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1297 (+2 more)

Related

• Civic virtue rests on group identification and satisfying identities, not just self-discipline (similarity 0.97)
• Civic virtue grows through identification with the polity, offering new identities (similarity 0.91)
• Lacking civic virtue costs a person identity, not just effort. (similarity 0.85)
• Civic virtue and mutual personal trust are the same achievement (similarity 0.84)
• Civic virtue advances republican freedom instrumentally, not intrinsically. (similarity 0.84)
• Social identities serve functions beyond esteem, varying by group (similarity 0.80)
• Legitimacy, built through contestatory democracy, generates civic virtue. (similarity 0.80)
• Civic virtue is an instrumental means to liberty, not a perfectionist end (similarity 0.79)
• Collective identity shifts personal goals toward the group’s welfare (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Civic virtue rests on group identification and satisfying identities, not just self-discipline #corroborates (0.98)
• Civic virtue grows through identification with the polity, offering new identities #expands (0.90) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1297
• Collective identity shifts personal goals toward the group’s welfare #expands (0.82) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 548