On courage
What 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, a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Thinking in Action
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798257306719 |
| Summary: | What 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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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136973314 9781283519540 9786613831996 9780203851982 9781136973321 |
