On Courage.

What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most universally admired virtues? How is it relevant in the world today, and what contemporary forms does it take? In this insightful and crisply written book, Geoffrey Scarre examines these questions and many more. He begins by defining courage, a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Scarre, Geoffrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Thinking in action.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Locating Courage One; A virtue for all seasons; Courage as a virtue; Courage and reason; Rival paradigms of courage: Siegfried and John Wayne; Physical and moral courage; The Reality of Courage Two; Courage, true and false; How to be courageous without knowing it; Courage and the explanation of action; Courage: will and spirit; Archbishop Cranmer; Cardinal Virtue or Macho Vice? Three; "Mars is for men, Venus is for women"; Courage and patience; Why take risks?; Cardinal and special courage; Fortitude Four; Courage and fortitude. 
505 8 |a Fortitude and the selfPatience revisited; Should we be stoical?; General Grant; Courage and Goodness Five; Can we courageously do wrong?; "Bad courage": for and against; The intrinsic worthiness of courage; Bauhn and Foot on "bad courage"; Against the unity of the virtues; Mercutio; Courage: An Outdated Virtue? Six; Courage as a goal, and the goals of courage; Modern courage; Whistle-blowing; Courage and the loss of meaning; Doubt, certainty and tolerance; Envoi; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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