Key Terms and Phrases Related to Civic Virtue

1. love their country
2. honest
3. hard working and live a modest way of life
4. part of the middle class
5. elect people to represent them with wisdom and good character
6. love justice and liberty

1. * The "noble savage" who lived harmoniously with nature, free from selfishness, want, possessiveness, and jealousy. (Note: the term “noble savage” is from the 18th century and reflects attitudes of people at that time. Rousseau used it as a term of great respect.)
2. Genuine respect for persons
3. Sympathy for those around him
4. In harmony with nature
5. * Individual sovereignty is given up to the state in order that these goals might be achieved( freedom, equality, and justice)
6. All citizens subscribe to beliefs in 1) a Supreme Being, 2) personal immortality, 3) the ultimate reward of virtue and punishment of vice, and, 4) the principle of toleration.

1. Of little services rendered and of obscure good deeds, a constant habit of kindness, and an established reputation for disinterestedness will be required.
2. Make great and real sacrifices to the public welfare
3. To make themselves useful to their fellow creatures
4. His heart readily leans to the side of kindness.
5. How an enlightened regard for themselves constantly prompts them to assist one another and inclines them willingly to sacrifice a portion of their time and property to the welfare of the state
6. Daily small acts of self-denial
7. Habits of regularity, temperance, moderation, foresight, self- command

1. Have in mind the welfare of the People
2. Obeys rules
3. Heart full of peace and good will
4. Patience
5. Honesty
6. Faithful to the Great Law
7. Self-interest cast into oblivion
8. Concern for welfare of future generations
9. Manages own affairs and supports family