I wonder if our society is declining in its ability to distinguish between real courage and mere toughness, as you describe here, Katie.
And then, of course, the Christian virtue of fortitude is yet another thing.
It seems that sometimes our cultural elites admire toughness and courage equally without seeing the difference. Perhaps this is because they do not bother to wonder about the reasons that underlie free human actions—that is, freely chosen, intelligible reasons.
Mar 1 at 4:09 pm
Scott Johnston comments:
I wonder if our society is declining in its ability to distinguish between real courage and mere toughness, as you describe here, Katie.
And then, of course, the Christian virtue of fortitude is yet another thing.
It seems that sometimes our cultural elites admire toughness and courage equally without seeing the difference. Perhaps this is because they do not bother to wonder about the reasons that underlie free human actions—that is, freely chosen, intelligible reasons.