UNIT 8: IDEOLOGY & CITIZENSHIP
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10. Rights and Roles of Citizenship
Courtesy Donald Jones
In Unit Seven, you considered the rights and freedoms guaranteed to Canadians under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A brief summary follows:
Most nations guarantee similar rights and freedoms to their citizens by law as part of their constitutions.
Individual citizens have various ideas about their roles and responsibilities depending on their worldview and the ideologies they follow. Generally, most people in liberal democracies believe that citizens should contribute positively to their communities, nation, and globe through the following responsibilities:
- legal rights
- mobility rights
- equality rights
- Aboriginal rights
- freedom of thought
- freedom of speech
- freedom of religion
- freedom of peaceful assembly
Most nations guarantee similar rights and freedoms to their citizens by law as part of their constitutions.
Individual citizens have various ideas about their roles and responsibilities depending on their worldview and the ideologies they follow. Generally, most people in liberal democracies believe that citizens should contribute positively to their communities, nation, and globe through the following responsibilities:
- political participation
- respect for law and order
- advocating for the rights of all citizens
- behaving in an acceptable and polite manner
- speaking out against injustice
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