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200 10$aOn courage /$fGeoffrey Scarre
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010.
215   $a1 online resource (193 p.)
225 0 $aThinking in action
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.
327   $aCover; 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
327   $aFortitude 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worthiness of courage; Bauhn and Foot on "bad courage"; Against the unity of the virtues; Mercutio; Courage: An Outdated Virtue?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
330   $aWhat 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, asking how it differs from fearlessness, recklessness and fortitude, and why people are often more willing to ascribe it to others than to avow it for themselves. He also asks whether courage can serve bad ends as well as good, and whether it can sometimes promote confrontation over comprom
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