自由主义公民身份与公民教育

Citizenship and Citizenship Education of Liberalism

自由主义是近代以来西方公民身份的主导理念,奠定了西方公民身份的基本格局。自由主义公民身份以个人为基点,以权利为核心,建构一种消极的公民形象。它追求自由最大化,强调价值多元,但也认为秩序良好的自由社会同样需要价值共识。因此,自由主义公民教育以权利教育为核心,辅助以公民美德教育,目的是培养捍卫权利的消极公民。

As the dominant concept of modern western citizenship, liberalism citizenship laid basic pattern for western citizenship. With individuals as basic point and rights as its core, liberalism citizenship has constructed a passive image of citizens. It maximizes freedom and emphasizes on value diversification, and in the meantime, it admits that a sound and ordered free society needs to reach consensus on values. Therefore, citizenship education of liberalism sets rights as its core, supplemented with civic virtue education to cultivate passive citizens to protect citizen rights.