Be prepared for your own Rosa Parks moment. Aristotle describes courage as the golden mean with regard to feelings of fear and confidence. While most of us recognize the need for cultivating this virtue, we fail to recognize that life presents us with more opportunities to display true courage than we’re willing or prepared to embrace. After gleaning insights from Aristotle and from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, this podcast uses recent social scientific studies to describe the meaning of courage in the 21st century.
Rediscovering classical ethics in the 21st century
