On courage
By: Geoffrey Scarre
Series: Thinking in action
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780415471060; 9780415471138; 9780203851982
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Locating courage; title: A virtue for all seasons; title: Courage as a virtue; title: Courage and reason; title: Rival paradigms of courage : Siegfried and John Wayne; title: Physical and moral courage; title: The reality of courage; title: Courage, true and false; title: How to be courageous without knowing it; title: Courage and the explanation of action; title: Courage : will and spirit; title: Archbishop Cranmer; title: Cardinal virtue or macho vice?; title: Mars is for men, venus is for women; title: Courage and patience; title: Why take risks?; title: Cardinal and special courage; title: Fortitude; title: Courage and fortitude; title: Fortitude and the self; title: Patience revisited; title: Should we be stoical?; title: General Grant; title: Courage and goodness; title: Can we courageously do wrong?; title: Bad courage : for and against; title: The intrinsic worthiness of courage; title: Bauhn and Foot on bad courage; title: Against the unity of the virtues; title: Mercutio; title: Courage : an outdated virtue?; title: Courage as a goal and the goals of courage; title: Modern courage; title: Whistle-blowing; title: Courage and the loss of meaning; title: Doubt, certainty, and tolerance; title: Envoi.