Republican civic virtue is thin enough to suit pluralist societies

Evidence

Furthermore, “unlike communitarians, republicans do not believe that stability will necessarily require society to become a community of values” (Lovett 2022, 25). In fact, the much thinner form of civic virtue endorsed by modern republicans is compatible with a variety of motivations. Not only does it make republicanism better anchored in the pluralism of today’s societies, but it also allows it to draw inspiration from multiple approaches, even ones associated with different traditions. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic, 27

Categorization

• DEFINE: Spells out the contrast between thin republican civic virtue and communitarian thick value-communities.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 27
• XREF: connects to: Civic virtue advances republican freedom instrumentally, not intrinsically. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 65; Republicans prefer civic-minded dispositions over civic virtue to avoid the positive liberty connotation. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 15; Republican liberty may not require citizens to be inwardly virtuous. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 21 (+1 more)

Related

• Republicans prefer civic-minded dispositions over civic virtue to avoid the positive liberty connotation. (similarity 0.88)
• Republican civic virtue and a game-theoretic view of democracy can be reconciled. (similarity 0.87)
• Civic virtue advances republican freedom instrumentally, not intrinsically. (similarity 0.87)
• Republican liberty may not require citizens to be inwardly virtuous. (similarity 0.86)
• Republican theorists have historically neglected explaining how civic norms emerge. (similarity 0.81)
• Civic virtue is an instrumental means to liberty, not a perfectionist end (similarity 0.81)
• Tocqueville advocated enlightened self-interest, not republican civic virtue (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Republican civic virtue and a game-theoretic view of democracy can be reconciled. #expands (0.82) — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic, 73