Overview
About the Guidelines for Government and Citizenship
Published by the Center for Public Justice, the Guidelines for Government and Citizenship are brief papers that:
- Address the nature of political community, the task of government, and the responsibility of citizens.
- Illustrate how the Center’s philosophy expresses itself when applied to a number of key policy areas.
Whether you are an educator, a public servant, a member of the media, a concerned American citizen, or a member of the global Christian community, these Guidelines can help you better understand the Center’s mission to serve God, advance justice, and transform public life. We envision that these Guidelines will be useful in a variety of ways, including:
- Encouraging thought and discussion on critical issues among a wide range of audiences, both nationally and internationally
- Providing a springboard for public policy development or academic research on various topics
- Showing why single-issue politics is deficient compared with a broader approach to the roles of governments and citizens
- Ultimately, fostering the development of a more just society, in which all citizens enjoy the right to articulate and promote their political views
Accompanying many of the guidelines are a few likely implications, as well as suggestions for further reading.
Our Guidelines for Government and Citizenship are intended to promote such civic debate and thereby the development of a healthier republic. The Center does not aim to use government to impose its convictions on every citizen. Instead, the aim is to foster a more just society in which all citizens enjoy the same right to articulate and promote their political views.
[Read further commentary on the Guidelines in the Public Justice Report, Second Quarter 2005.]
