Good Citizenship In The United States

Citizenship is essentially a right or privilege given to many at birth, for others it is earned. In the United States, the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution grants “All persons born or naturalized in the United States…” the specific rights or privileges of a citizen. The democratic society of the United States is sustained by “good” citizens. These individuals are needed because without them the United States democracy would deteriorate. The issue in question is defining what a “good” citizen is. This is not any easy task to accomplish because there are a multitude of different variations, or types, of “good” citizens. The answer is simple when viewed on a larger scale. Democracy, in fact, need not one type of “good” citizen, but a balance
of three types of good citizens; the personally responsible citizen, the participatory citizen, and the justice oriented citizen.