In the topic of the need for civic virtues, the book The Return of the Citizens by Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman mentioned variety of large groups of theorists; each relies on different sources to become their school of virtue. The four major theories that will be discussed in this analysis are as follow; the left and participatory democracy, civic republicanism, civil society theorists, and liberal virtue theory. Before we begin, what triggered scholars and experts to come up with these theories? Rather, what is civic virtue and why is does it play a crucial role in a democratic state? “Civic virtue, in political philosophy, personal qualities associated with the effective functioning of the civil and political order, or the preservation
