The right to disagree as one of the values of good citizenship

Abstract

This study is based on a basic idea of ​​linking the right to difference as a human right and a human value, and the values ​​of good citizenship. The study considers that good citizenship is not limited to contributing to paying taxes or participating in political life, assuming public jobs and respecting the laws of the state and public order. However, there is a necessary and civilized requirement for good citizenship represented in the ability to coexist with the different other and understand and respect its values, including this understanding and respect. Not to infringe on his rights or seek to subjugate him by force or to exclude him and marginalize him. Good citizenship entails not forcing the other to hide his distinction or difference in any aspect of life, whether in belief, opinion, thought, color and gender. The existence of a diverse and demographically diverse society is a human phenomenon that should be a source of respect and not a source of conflict and disagreement.