1. What does McCain mean by saying that “without courage all virtue is fragile?”
With this quote, John McCain mean that courage is what make people to do the right thing, even though knowing the consequences. Otherwise, without courage, all virtue is “admired, professed, but held cheaply and surrendered without a fight” (Rosenstand, 581). In other words, people should have courage to hold and honor their beliefs.
2. Explain the concept of moral courage using an example. Is it different from physical courage?
According to John McCain, there is no difference between moral and Physical courage, except, “in the occasions when it encounters risk” (Rosenstand, 582). That is, moral courage is to be brave enough to do what is right when nobody is watching. For example, return a return a cellphone, money, or other valuable item find it in the restroom.
Physical courage is also needed to do a good action regardless of the critiques or consequences. For example, Oscar Schindler, a German industrialist, had physical courage to saves hundreds of Jews lives from the Holocaust by employing them in his ammunition factory (Rosenstand, 598-600). Regardless of the consequences, even risking his life, Schindler knew it that it was a good moral action.
3. What does McCain mean by “doing one’s nearest duty’? Does
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The fact that McCain is a high-profile politician do not add anything to this idea for the fact that it’s not necessary to belong to a certain profession to have moral or physical courage. As McCain stated, “We can admire virtue and abhor corruption sincerely, but without courage we are corruptible” (Rosenstand, 581). Most of the time, ordinary people, living ordinary lives that follow their beliefs regardless of the consequences are those who really hold moral and physical
Overall, virtue ethics poses the question “what kind of person should I become?” (Banks, 2013) and Arpaio worked on becoming a tough Sheriff. The characteristics and behaviors that he worked on were becoming tough who works on lowering crime rates and providing an environment for society to live freely with no concern about criminals.
Courage is when you know you’re beaten. The character Atticus, for instance, who was a seasoned lawyer acted courageous defending Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was a black man who was accused of raping a white girl. Atticus was appointed to defend him. Jem was happy because he thought his father had won the case but Reverend Sykes loathed telling Jem “Now don’t you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man…”(Lee 208). Atticus was sure he wasn’t going to win the case, nevertheless he gave it a try. That didn’t stop Atticus from trying to defend his client Tom Robinson. Another part in the novel when Atticus was courageous was when he shot at the man street dog. Heck Tate the Maycomb Sheriff was not as courageous as Atticus so he handed Atticus the air rifles and with one shot Atticus took down the street dog. Miss Maudie says “I saw that, One Shot Finch” (Lee 97). Atticus was referred to as one-shot finch because of his shooting skills. The other incidence in the novel when Atticus portrays courage was when he was not scared when Bob Ewell threatened him. Bob Ewell was the man who accused Atticus’ defendant Tom Robinson of raping his daughter Mayella. Atticus thought Bob Ewell threatened him as some sort of revenge, but unfortunately Atticus was wrong because when Bob Ewell said ...
Mark Twain best described courage when he said that, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” (Twain). Both in The One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey and Watership Down by Richard Adams, the authors deal with the topic of courage and each share a similar view on it as this quote. Indeed, both authors suggest that courage is not accumulated simply by acts of heroism, but rather by overcoming fears and speaking one’s mind as well. These books are very similar in the way that bravery is displayed through the characters in an uncommon way. Firstly, an example of bravery
Everyone is born with some form of courage. The question is, in their lifetime, will they choose to use it and grow from it? People can be courageous in many different situations and through multiple types of courage. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, values standing up for what is right as being the most important category of courage. Harper Lee displays acts of courage through the characters when Atticus defends Tom Robinson, Scout and Jem choose not to show their anger through violence, and town’s people stand up for Tom and Atticus; thus showing that the author believes that standing up for what is right is the most valuable attribute of courage.
Harper Lee gives several points that make it evident in To Kill A Mockingbird that moral courage is greater than physical courage. She demonstrates this mainly by using a child’s point of view. Although there is some evidence of moral courage by adults in To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee decides to lead this evidence mainly by the children in the story.
According to Google.com courage says “The ability to do some things that frighten one (Noun) Mr. Frank showed courage by letting the Van Daans in the Secret Annex and Mr.Dussel too. Another way he showed courage was when a robber broke into the shop where the Annex was above,
courage as manifested in ways others act; and (4) respect for individuality of the human
Courage is an admirable trait in when seen in others, or even in yourself. Yet, many fail to notice and acknowledge the courage that is within a person instead of being shown outwardly. Outward courage can be remarkable, as shown with various super heroes throughout the decades including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, and many more literary favorites. However, there is something more to simply sacrificing yourself in the sake of what is right. Applauding will never vanquish the feeling inside when you use moral courage.
Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. Courage is strength in the face of pain or grief. Throughout the course of World War 2, there were many people who acted in a courageous manner, as portrayed by Markus Zusak in his novel 'The Book Thief'. Weather it was putting their entire life on the line just to save some strangers from possible torture, hiding illegal people in their own houses with the possibility of being killed or smuggling thousands of people out of the Ghettos and into hiding places at the risk of death, there were some extraordinarily courageous humans in World War 2 who not only saved other people lives, but they did it all at
One of these ways was rejoining the Air Force even after he knew he was afraid of flying. This shows courage because he faced what he was afraid of to help his country. He could have done anything else with his time but he chose to rejoin the Air Force. He was also selected to be a bombardier which showed how valuable he was to the Air Force. He was one of the top shots while on his base in Hawaii. He also showed courage by being willing to push his body to running his last lap on the track in the Olympics as one of the fastest ever. This shows that he was willing to push his body to fatigue and keep fighting to do whatever was necessary for his country.
“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.” Courageous people understand the danger that they face when they act how they do. That is what courage is all about. Many historical events occur due to people having the courage to do what they think is right, or because of those who use their courage to do what they want. Having the courage to stand alone in one’s beliefs may be one of the hardest thing a person can do.
Courage can be described as the ability to do something fearful or going against the majority. Abraham Lincoln showed courage throughout his presidency. Lincoln was famous for standing up for people who were repressed; “It took courage to stand up for what he believed in, and make no mistake that what he believed was on target
On the other hand, if there is no element of morality, then one is just exhibiting courage. Both elements must be present in order for the behavior to be perceived as moral courage. The morality component of moral courage applies to the
According to the Aristotle, “The virtuous amount of courage is found between two vices: recklessness which is considered as an excess of courage, and cowardice which means a deficiency of courage.”
Therefore, If an act were to be courageous it has to be dangerous and risky but it also has to help others. The one performing the act must be able to make split-second decisions, however, they can not follow the footsteps of other to be labeled as courageous. One must also put others life before their own. Courageous acts are not selfish and they have to meet some aspect of the criteria in order to be recognized as an act of