{"product_id":"on-courage-geoffrey-scarre-9780415471138","title":"On Courage","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat 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? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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 compromise and dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Courage\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ideas of Aristotle, Aquinas and many later philosophers who have written about courage, as well as drawing on classic and recent examples of courage in politics and fiction, including the German anti-Nazi \"White Rose Movement\", the modern phenomenon of \"whistle-blowing\", and Stephen Crane's \u003cem\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Scarre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415471133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415471138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Geoffrey Scarre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056076353791,"sku":"9780415471138","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37e39349-a0bb-4ee7-96c4-4d589a15ee57.jpg?v=1685039376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-courage-geoffrey-scarre-9780415471138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}