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ISBN 10: 0520370821

ISBN 13: 9780520370821

Author: Douglas N. Walton

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Courage A Philosophical Investigation 1st Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1 Courage as a Topic of Inquiry

1.1 The Meaning of Courage

1.2 Courage as a Problem in Ethics

1.3 Rejection of the Moral Value of Courage

1.4 Supererogation

1.5 Actions and Goals

1.6 Virtues and Personal Ideals

CHAPTER 2 Popular Images of Courage

2.1 Two Views of Courage

2.2 The Two Views Compared

2.3 Courage as a Heroic Quality

2.4 The Hero as a Moral Model

2.5 The Pitfalls of Heroism

2.6 Courage of the Villain

CHAPTER 3 Existing Accounts of Courage

3.1 Plato on Courage

3.2 Aristotle on Courage

3.3 Aquinas on Courage

3.4 Von Wright and Foot on Courage

3.5 The Wallace Analysis of Courage

3.6 Values and Practical Virtues

CHAPTER 4 Basic Structure of the Courageous Act

4.1 The Definition as Normative Requirement

4.2 The Psychological Element

4.3 Risk, Danger, and Difficulty

4.4 Basic Definitions of Courage and Cowardice

4.5 Objections and Replies

CHAPTER 5 The Outer Edges

5.1 Courage, Bravery, and Intrepid Action

5.2 Determination and Presence of Mind

5.3 Constitutional Cowardice and Courage

5.4 Moral and Physical Courage

5.5 Can Animals Be Courageous?

5.6 Altruism and Courage

CHAPTER 6 Moral Deliberation and Conduct

6.1 Reasoning in Practical Ethics

6.2 Attitudes and Life Purposes

6.3 Historical Judgments of Courage

6.4 Courageous Compromise: A Contradiction?

6.5 Finding Advantages in the Circumstances

6.6 Justified Belief and Commitment

CHAPTER 7 Deliberation in Particular Circumstances

7.1 Relationship of Fear and Courage

7.2 Courage and Rationality

7.3 Satisficing

7.4 An Allegation of Cowardice

7.5 MacIntyre on the Virtues

7.6 Virtue Ethics and Personal Consistency

CHAPTER 8 Practical Reasoning

8.1 Practical Inferences

8.2 Binding Nature of Practical Inference

8.3 Consistency of Statements and Actions

8.4 Why-Questions in Dialogue

8.5 Position in Dialogue

8.6 Are Courage and Cowardice Opposites?

CHAPTER 9 Ethical Theory and Justification of Courageous Acts

9.1 Personal Excellence of Actions

9.2 Value and Valor

9.3 Ethics of Ideals and Aspirations

9.4 Difficulty, Danger, and Commitment

9.5 Courage and Inspiration

9.6 Personal Integrity and Conscience

CHAPTER 10 Courage as a Quality of Character

10.1 Courage Based on Integrity: A Case Study

10.2 Dispositions

10.3 Mountain Climbing and Self-Knowledge

10.4 Character and Commitment

10.5 Courage as a Virtue

10.6 Persons and Virtues

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