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On courage

Geoffrey Scarre

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Locating courage
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
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?
Mars is for men, venus is for women
Courage and patience
Why take risks?
Cardinal and special courage
Fortitude
Courage and fortitude
Fortitude and the self
Patience revisited
Should we be stoical?
General Grant
Courage and goodness
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Courage: an outdated virtue?
Courage as a goal and the goals of courage
Modern courage
Whistle-blowing
Courage and the loss of meaning
Doubt, certainty, and tolerance
Envoi.

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