The Virtue of Courage by Blaine J. Fowers - 9780197660010

The Virtue of CourageAuthor(s): Blaine J. Fowers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197660010, 978-0197660010\nSynopsis\nIn many ways, the virtue of courage seems to be one of the most ubiquitous and simple virtues, and that apparent simplicity may result in courage garnering less attention than many other virtues. Another reason could be the ancient focus on courage as a masculine and martial virtue, which brings into question its relevance in contemporary society. However, the contributors to this volume show, in vibrant and compelling ways, that all these presumptions are invalid. They demonstrate that courage is anything but simple, as important to women as to men, far broader than the martial realm, and that it has great relevance to many contemporary concerns.\n\nThe Aristotelian perspective is the most well-known philosophical approach to virtues. According to this approach, courage is fl.