Act of Moral Courage
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An Act of Moral Courage is a moral act is a courageous act (with a possibility of harm to self).
- Context:
- It can range from being a Physically Courageous Moral Act to being a Psychologically Courageous Moral Act.
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- Example(s):
- Risking a prison sentence to help topple an authoritarian government.
- Disobeyed during Milgram's Experiment.
- a voluntary kidney donation?
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Morality, Eichmann on Trial, Reflex Action, Fanaticism, Punishment.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moral_courage Retrieved:2015-10-18.
- Moral courage is the courage to take action for moral reasons despite the risk of adverse consequences. Courage is required to take action when one has doubts or fears about the consequences. Moral courage therefore involves deliberation or careful thought. Reflex action or dogmatic fanaticism do not involve moral courage because such impulsive actions are not based upon moral reasoning. Moral courage may also require physical courage when the consequences are punishment or other bodily peril. Moral courage has been seen as the exemplary modernist form of courage. [1]