Civic virtue rests on group identification and satisfying identities, not just 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 (#corroborates, 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)

Individuals strive to maintain or enhance their self-esteem: they strive for a positive self-concept. 2. Social groups or categories and the membership of them are associated with positive or negative value connotations. Hence, social identity may be positive or negative according to the evaluations (which tend to be socially consensual, either within or across groups) of those groups that contribute to an individual’s social identity. 3. The evaluation of one’s own group is deter-mined with reference to specific other groups through social comparisons in terms of value-laden attributes and characteristics. Positively discrepant comparisons between in-group and out-group produce high prestige; negatively discrepant comparisons between in-group and outgroup result in low prestige. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2718 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Civic virtue grows from rewarding group identification, not self-discipline.; Legitimacy, built through contestatory democracy, generates civic virtue.; Civic virtue and mutual personal trust are the same achievement — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1298 (+5 more)

Related

• Civic virtue grows from rewarding group identification, not self-discipline. (similarity 0.97)
• Civic virtue grows through identification with the polity, offering new identities (similarity 0.92)
• Civic virtue and mutual personal trust are the same achievement (similarity 0.86)
• Lacking civic virtue costs a person identity, not just effort. (similarity 0.84)
• Social identities serve functions beyond esteem, varying by group (similarity 0.83)
• Legitimacy, built through contestatory democracy, generates civic virtue. (similarity 0.83)
• Social identity derives its value from comparisons against out-groups (similarity 0.82)
• Civic virtue advances republican freedom instrumentally, not intrinsically. (similarity 0.81)
• Mutual trust predates and is prerequisite for civic virtue. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Civic virtue grows through identification with the polity, offering new identities #corroborates (0.92) — 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
• Social identity derives its value from comparisons against out-groups #qualifies (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2718
• Social identities serve functions beyond esteem, varying by group #complicates (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 444
• Political identity is learned, not an innate hidden self #expands (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 241