maybe bravery is underemphasized or developed as a virtue today rules and guidelines being a substitute?
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types of bravery 1. physical courage 2. valor in the face of an uncertain outcome 3. resolve in spite of an inevitable bad outcome (more?)
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hmmm bravery is mostly only praised as such when it is seen as advancing a noble cause, or when historical distance is great what acts of bravery are praised today? and what does this say about what we value now vs in the past?
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twelve features of a virtuous boy, from an early 20C writer, commonly taught: * trustworthy * loyal * helpful * friendly * courteous * kind * obedient * cheerful * handsome * brave * clean * reverent more generally, what forms of each get praise today? how has that changed?
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which are no longer considered virtues, in any form? by whom?
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I'd bet you're right, but hey that's me...
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Deep Lameness. Like Gabriel blowing his horn, only it's a sad trombone...
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The courage to resist the impulse to act. "Don't just do something. Stand there" ~Minsky
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