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Public spaces are regulated by legal rules, and these legal rules are made with a purpose,

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which is to respect some basic things that we consider extremely important.

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These are ethical values.

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A value is something important, something that we appreciate.

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And we call ethical values those important things that are connected with our interaction with other people.

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So, ethical values are the things that we consider important, valuable in our interaction with others, such as freedom, respect, equality, solidarity, or justice.

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The law should make sure that everybody respects these very important values in our society.

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sometimes ethical values are also called civic values because they are the important things

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that citizens should respect a citizen as you know is a free and responsible member of society

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citizens have rights but they also have duties in order to make sure that citizens rights are

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always respected, we should all practice civic virtues.

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Civic virtues are positive habits that are connected with citizenship,

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with our interaction with other people in society.

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Some examples of civic virtues or positive

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habits that make coexistence possible in society

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are sincerity, loyalty, generosity or solidarity.

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But, citizens also have duties, not only rights, so we could also talk about our civic duties,

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which are our obligations as citizens.

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As free and responsible members of society, we should, for example, help other people

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that need support, that is a civic duty, and we should also pay our taxes, because this

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This money is needed to provide for public services that benefit everybody.