The value of courage [[electronic resource] /] / Per Bauhn

• Autore: Bauhn Per
• Pubblicazione: Lund, Sweden, : Nordic Academic Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 179/.6
• Soggetto topico: Courage; Ethics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Need for Courage; 2. Courage as the Ability to Confront Fear; 3. The Courage of Creativity; 4. The Courage of Conviction; The Fear of Meaninglessness; The Fear of Dying; The Fear of Social Death; 5. The Objective Self and Moral Reasoning; 6. The Common Good and Morality; 7. Combining the Two Forms of Courage; Lewis; Robespierre; Irreconcilable Motivational Conflicts?; 8. Heroism and Courage; The American Civil War Experience; Heroism and Ordinary Virtues; 9. Prudence and Courage; 10. Some Concluding Reflections on Courage ; The Objection Regarding Courage as a Form of SexismThe Objection Regarding Courage as a Cultivation of Insensitivity; The Objection Regarding Courage as Incapable of Dealing with Tragedy; Literature; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Combining in-depth analysis with strikingly apt examples of the role that courage plays in the life of human beings, this major contribution to moral philosophy argues that courage is necessary to personal achievement as well as to the common good of a civic community. Bauhn insists that courage is necessary for reinforcing people's understanding of themselves as autonomous agents, which is in turn necessary for countering widespread feelings of alienation and depression. He defines courage as the ability to confront fear, but crucially distinguishes a variety of fears that give rise
• Titolo autorizzato: The value of courage
• ISBN: 91-87121-73-5; 91-87121-74-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462174503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II