Comcast is partnering was thousand dissenters to create wifi enabled us from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anythg. Comcast is a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Patrol democracy surviving american enterprises. The state of political activism pavement. About one hour and 20 minutes. The later tradition begins we will talk about the later republican tradition and between democracy and the public overlook. I will introduce the speakers and fullfledged of the chair by saying a few words. The five centers of reflection on selfgovernment by offering fixed overlooked. Begin with marinos look. Degraded liberal arts in general education number 60 problems around the country now. I guess thats right. Colleges and universities to us by front. I guess i dont need this not big enough for paper. Thank you organizers today asked me to address today i am delighted that i was invited here today which is that program Cornerstone One of the largest great books of the legal informative text so to speak to you for both sides as my plan is to get both. Citizens happen to be subject, a place that was layered. Thank will start by discussing she to the principles goodbye discussing those values our students come to counterattack to Exchange Ideas and hopes changing lives for the better. The privilege of those who participate in corporate communities this enfranchisement. On. The term used interchangeably political privileges and responsibilities for the wellbeing of the town. This was grounded in social practice public line thickness empowerment. Maintain order and social harmony. The religious devotion and celebration endeavor among a wide spectrum. Following the dissolution of religious orders for selfgoverning cities responsible to the administration along with schools and hospitals. At the very same time public activity work confused by renaissance notion civic mindedness. Ethically inspired curricula of new Grammar School encouraged elites and counselors lawyers in london and the magistrates themselves as freeman but into Public Service in the welfare commonwealth. Wise, honest, the the articulate citizen moderated by selfcontrol. Civic humanism and vibrant political culture. For we to argue against humanity . History, poetry but with this new understanding, we might wonder if we are beginning to witness with in public life that might exclude them in time. The reformation and press informed of the five despite disruptive major with a positive impact it is especially true reading the gospel for themselves leading their families were jumping and keeping an account of their transgression let me introduce you mild wellington masonic 2600 pages of religious reflection and portable report. This not london and life and duty what a chaotic political prime the those wars the blood to an explosion advocating for religious toleration. The tradesmen who oppose revelers and the supreme elect the court of the people is the highest law also used by john. Essay on slavery are complete citizens. I hope you got back. Combined humanism in christian morality teachers tradesmen how to live justly, pleasingly and profitably. Philosophy from heaven and placed in the city. With honor and discretion achieve their and it was not without a political voice for alliterative. Women, strangers. Joining with revelers. Lenders, stockholders and investors in the empire. I tell you this because trade and commerce law and politics and commonplaces were deeply intertwined have an extraordinary moment in the 17th century english built rights in the bank of lent and they are established. Freemarket capitalism and democratic principles go handinhand. What we see is an extraordinary rich likely public were corporate and renaissance values are and i suspect we will find best commonwealth of new england and among officeholders for professional towns which might help explain why having never read it with the principles of evolution. There is already something inherently democratic about this, sense of responsibility and duty of monkeys classes and of course inequities about. These ideals are far more about discretion and persuasion and civil discourse. Social obligation are more than personal liberties. How much they influence behavior in the street edit is often difficult to delineate. Among the more affluent properly called British Society following the a lot of talk about the need for an stability. In the long century, the enemy of civil harmony seen by many as responsible for the previous century. The kind of religious view that sets hearts and minds on fire, should not be surprising lawyers, clergy, bankers and entrepreneurs and landowners we see court order, freezing deep mistrust and content the enlightenment. Enlightenment has undergone Reconstructive Surgery world war ii you may remember in the postwar era it was either keep democratic liberalism possible for fascism and communism and concentric. More recently, interpretation is no longer seen as one unitary liberal movement underground indictment and even christian jewish enlightenment so onto your seat. The recognition copy enlightenment both on the achievement of the renaissance and was not a radical departure humanism spot is critical not only because it was far more philosophical and bring but also it is the true inheritance and we need to pass on to our students. There are concerns desire for Human Flourishing along with order stability could very. They dry sermons when those are directionless be short. It is prosperous. Adam tells us it is the man and his emotions we have most this is enthusiasm in the auto intoxicated mind. But we see consistently into the 19th century are peaceful, moral and useful Society Human environment might call it liberalism but remember it was built on the renaissance. Today we live in an enlightened altar. These values do not reign supreme and humanity seems to pitch the freedoms we came but there is a way back ideals of truly humanist. There is a civics requirement in American History course although i have my suspicions about that. Most profoundly consistent hurt is the common experience gained from across our emphasis informative text one and two. Our goal is to teach students from Engineering Technology in the court skills they need to write and speak with precision and think critically about processes of democracy. The skills necessary reading and discussing the Martin Luther king with our students is classroom is a recursive democracy of every background about freedom, justice, rights and response abilities in a calm and intelligent panic. The faculty can do this part of the solution rather problem. Allow me to add this, we credited a new Program Sequence of transformative text in the school of business majors aristotle and marks debridement. I think we can agree they are in jeopardy. Free enterprise. It with a blank university positive reinvented himself admitted having been a part. [laughter] the author of several books in the civic bargain how democracy survives so i think were going to hear. [laughter] thank you for that introduction and i want to acknowledge, he took a Broad Perspective collectively form in workshops and communities and i think it is a direction what im going to talk about so i am putting subtitle here, history of democracy perspective. I will back as part of the story which i think is very permissible. The book that was referenced published at the end of last year which many of you know a longtime friend of mine and we have collaborated on many things going reallife governance products is interesting but heres part of a whole initiative. So when you go over this quickly, it basically turns the question around being asked by so many now, what does history tell us about outfit survived . A wellness perspective. We look back best tested very well known democracies broadly defined. Republican rome. Great britain looking in american democracy. Reduce heat privatization between republicans and democracy. We wanted to widen and say people are selfgoverning about what that means in terms of survival when it was going strong and of course later didnt want it when things are going well, what were they doing about what was making them work peoples democracies, many were strong and healthy and hanging on for hundreds of years even though they eventually did surmise. So we reframed democracy idea of organ basically that are to govern yourself as an agreement how are we going to do this . The more i get it negotiating out critical elements democracy. The central idea race that just came up with from acute religion to simplify selfgovernance is you dont have a cost. Nobody has a boss and i said thats right, how to add. You do, each other. In the book we say People Living together no boss at 701 of the and the bargain they make, terms with each other we are going to pray security for all of us about welfare. You have to have a level of care in order to make it worthwhile as opposed to being out on your own. We have to develop institutions that allow us to make decisions that citizens and citizens have to be in charge of those institutions. We have to define it and defend it and say if youre part of the bargain, who are you and who is not part of this . Where is the line . If youre going to be in the club, we have to understand what being in the club means. We will have to act with one another in certain ways that make it bargain alive. We have to be willing to compromise with one another. We dont have a boss publicly how to self adjust. She told what you need to do so good faith compromise is a critical part of making democracy work. At the histories of democracy saying, one of the commonalities that came out studies next good faith compromise always got but in general they figure out how to optimize and, great. We have to get to working agreement with one another how we will refill it. Our concept of aristotle does not mean your personal friends of everybody does not mean he will always find consensus with the does not mean youre always delighted everybody but you have to treat everybody with a certain level of respect the bargain alive go to the bargaining table when you needed to. Of course important discussion you have to have Civic Education. It needs to be an ongoing commitment to build up the democracy and maintain it and faithful articles because if you dont, eventually the balloon runs out of the air but want to be part democracy anymore these other things are at. Where they get back . They learned. I mentioned ben franklin keep it . By educating what exactly is the education . Noted this, we did a quick test going to put a stake in the ground and open to negotiation if anybody wants to talk but looking at these cases because like this. First formal and informing teaching. Im not only talking about basses and universities but the whole question of what is missing that involves learning of all different kinds . Goes knowledge and skills and values and i would add the word god. Has to be cash we talked about the special, has to be a certain pride democracy we are living in is a good thing doesnt mean it doesnt have lost and there are no problems but battling. I would be sat difficult taken over by a tyrannical enemy. Proud of what we do have some level with these qualifications. When it accomplishes two things there is purpose so theres the competency and motivation. We talked about skills my think they are partly part of the therapist democratically and the purpose is keep the development relevant and strong. They have to be perfect about being a better person globally in learning how to enjoy life and they are fine but we need to do this to keep democracy going. If you look back at what we did you want read every. But in every case about that there are a lot of different aspects on how people learn a citizen. There is participation. Their service will take special training they have to take certain out and find certain value. The civil ideals military Education Service prepare themselves for starting to learn and how you minister that because wrong is building the empire democrat. You build an empire from working out the understand values and heres how we operate you build walls and defend yourselves. Now that your purpose, but we do student ideals. The role of coffee houses societies art and culture in this notion of what it means to be french. They were portrayed badly but let us form of Civic Education and people see the signs hanging in front of the pub messages. During the early, get better at doing the things we do well. I dont want to Say Something that will be repeated. People who served learned how to engage and discuss one another. That is a huge effort to ratify. There is mention of what we do with our government and wife one approach is better than another. It is carried over to the 19 drink in Public School in the parades and ceremonies and they went out with a Civic Mission and thats why many of you are here today the idea we are presenting here is how to think about Civic Education as architecture, a lot of different pieces of it. Theres more to be schools from of military service, informal life, parades but ideally reinforcing . We have to think about how we use that architecture with the right values and aspirations as well as what we have now available for hospice holistic idea of democracy and what has been going when they were at their best the first in the unrelenting from acute can the activities purpose trying to build special and we want to the going exhibits broken we are doing this and a lot of these say are right and the discussion is often what comes along with copy these rights. Where milling about what you must support your opportunity to participate in the assembly of the law the army theres a lot about the furtherance of we are so there should be it is not just about although that is part of the architecture. Talk but also. For if you serve in a local Community Meeting mark your observing your experience and emphasize is not instruction. An auto response it must gingerly revisit and update and revise their civic bargain quick assessment are specific bargaining update will approve it we need to quit discipline about what is democracy we are trying to further acute conditions that matter what, must preserve. Reorganizing away but they have to remain in charge. The has to be part of society. A final slide, as you all think about Civic Education and the work you are doing about i encourage you challenge yourself, are we really care about why youre doing this but are you thinking about what has to be part of it in some way the citizenship is a nice concept, have to be about national five. We have to say is not all about outraged about how to look ahead and rebuild pride in what we are. Theres not enough understanding without being okay with a look enough of the alternative. Our students and a real understanding of what we have here. There is no time to waste. When Civic Education to client republic. You can see the degradation of value of what was needed. Lots of foreign enemies, we are delighted whats going on society. We dont have tickets to figure it out. Thank you. But not if you think my figures the public my 39th year at harvard we go to next flight . The two projects im working on now is a book with my old buddy walt besides the sequel it is beside for the movement of Civic Education or not so it is a perfect. It is regularly caught in the United States the 70s and 80s the people know nothing at all about spike they attracted so much. Anyway five big moment this gives an impression. Out in the folsom im going to make a few fonts is that of the missing link talk about traditions. Theater you think thats not the government. And they are not talk very much. Part assemblies the council chambers. It is a small democracy but it is no question. In a rich tradition. It is completely unknown renaissance. Administration how you public so i push the idea and republican fought. It is closely the political theory and you are lucky so what happens in between tradition is very rich so i bring up two points and i will stop and have discussion. Emphasis on eloquence. Italy and latest and the model for these. They can be as at work. Something i found the discussions about Civic Education. I think this is important for society to office notion of the charismatic speaker at the charisma comes from bridget. Virtue result combined that not just rhetoric but it was empty. The eloquence of eking out. There is high character who knows how to speak well it can change society. Put my glasses on again. This is from industry and why you history. At long liberty last year. A whole tradition would be forgetting about practical wisdom to political leader. We go to work. The council or republican counsel go to work. In arguing about the basics of work. In this situation. Operation on different forms and historical experiences the works, it is full of history. We have a mark in there are options that are on the table and started small out of the republic now that we are an empire attached and says im sorry but you cannot be republican processing that will not work. What we think about is how we have these processes and alert republic. And we can have publican, will the house this in our country you cant deliberate so that is what i want to close first of all. Its how you have deliberation in 50 states and how can we debate about these things they can liberation. What the aspirations for democracy so how would you deliberation to young people in the program on Civic Education . What we examined in our book essentially what youre talking about and it is a doubleedged sport. What you are talking on when you get big it is hard deliberate to get a. Ignore these propaganda with north korea for example, which has been to democracy. In all seriousness you got these huge nations with Nuclear Weapons and also, all sorts of technology to harm us. Lots of people say we should just downsize, you know, we should break ourselves up,