C I V I C S
C I V I C S is the study of rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
The first ten Amendments to our US Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. These ten plus Amendments 13 and 14 are the rights included in this inquiry. They include rights to be free of involuntary servitude, to speak freely and publish, and to assemble in peaceable groups for the purpose of mutual improvement.
What if . . . we were to decide these rights are also our responsibilities?
Democracy is a group participation project. We are not just spectators.
This project presents the idea that our public Bill of Rights is actually a prescription for a fully functioning civil immune system. The Rights describe elements of strength or activity that must be engaged to keep our human nature healthy. There are political and social disorders that can take hold, like a disease, when our immune system is not working. Then inhumane acts become commonplace. Because our applied human rights protect our social health, our human rights are actually human needs. In practicing the activities named in the Rights, our human needs are being met.
If we have the right to do something good for us, but we don't do it, it is like having a bottle of vitamins on the shelf. They only work if you actually take them. This project is about applying human rights, on purpose.
The first ten Amendments to our US Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. These ten plus Amendments 13 and 14 are the rights included in this inquiry. They include rights to be free of involuntary servitude, to speak freely and publish, and to assemble in peaceable groups for the purpose of mutual improvement.
What if . . . we were to decide these rights are also our responsibilities?
Democracy is a group participation project. We are not just spectators.
This project presents the idea that our public Bill of Rights is actually a prescription for a fully functioning civil immune system. The Rights describe elements of strength or activity that must be engaged to keep our human nature healthy. There are political and social disorders that can take hold, like a disease, when our immune system is not working. Then inhumane acts become commonplace. Because our applied human rights protect our social health, our human rights are actually human needs. In practicing the activities named in the Rights, our human needs are being met.
If we have the right to do something good for us, but we don't do it, it is like having a bottle of vitamins on the shelf. They only work if you actually take them. This project is about applying human rights, on purpose.