What are civic attitudes?

In general, an attitude is a mental state composed of beliefs and feelings that incline a person to react or respond in a favorable or unfavorable way to various events, phenomena, circumstances, states of affairs, etc.  Examples:

• a positive orientation (e.g., respect, care, empathy) toward fellow citizens
• a positive orientation toward dialogue and deliberation
• a positive orientation to collective decision-making (equality of power, authority)
• tolerance of ambiguity
• tolerance of complexity
• tolerance of conflict
• receptivity to compromise
• acceptance of shared responsibility
• acceptance of insuperable differences and persistent disagreement
• acceptance of one’s own fallibility
• receptivity to learning from others 

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