Is courage always a virtue? Suicide, killing, and bad courage

Pury, Cynthia L. S.; Starkey, Charles; Kulik, Renee E.; Skjerning, Karen L.; Sullivan, Emily A.

doi:10.1080/17439760.2015.1004552

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“…Personal courage describes actions assessed as risky just to or by the actor themselves but which, for most people, would not be risky: a person with a fear of public speaking giving a talk to a mediumsized crowd, for example, (Pury et al, 2007). When a goal is valued by the actor but actively opposed by society, such acts of terrorism or suicide, bad courage occurs (Pury et al, 2015).…”

Section: Couragementioning

confidence: 99%

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Waters

Algoe²,

Dutton

et al. 2021

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have been made to address the associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks to broaden these calls by considering the role that positive psychology factors can play in buffering against mental illness, bolstering mental health during COVID-19 and building positive processes and capacities that may help to strengthen future mental health. The paper explores evidence and applications from nine topics in positive psychology that support people through a pandemic: meaning, coping, selfcompassion, courage, gratitude, character strengths, positive emotions, positive interpersonal processes and high-quality connections. In times of intense crisis, such as COVID-19, it is understandable that research is heavily directed towards addressing the ways in which people are wounded and weakened. However, this need not come at the expense of also investigating the ways in which people are sustained and strengthened.

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Section: Couragementioning

confidence: 99%

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Waters

Algoe²,

Dutton

et al. 2021

The Journal of Positive Psychology

238

163

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“…Furthermore, from the discipline of psychology, Pury et al (2015) also noted that the worth of a goal is one of the components of courage. Other elements of courage are volition and risk.…”

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Conceptual Foreknowings: Integrative Review on Having Courage

Ajadi

2023

Nurs Sci Q

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Having courage is a humanuniverse living experience that is common to all humans. Individuals experience courage in one way or another at different times. Hence, it is imperative to understand having courage from various standpoints. To explore the different perspectives on the phenomenon of courage, the scholar dwelled with printed material across the disciplines of theology, psychology, philosophy, sociology, social work, education, business, and nursing. Two themes were crafted from the literature as (a) courage is steadfastness in the midst of fear and (b) unfaltering commitment to the cherished.

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“…Narrative Data Pury, Starkey, Kulik, Skjerning, and Sullivan (2015) examined the possibility of nonvirtuous courage, which can occur when an actor voluntarily assumes personal risk for a goal he or she believes is noble but society views as a wrong. To measure nonvirtuous courage, Pury et al (2015) used narrative data from suicide attempts and terrorist attacks and coded for the three elements of courage (e.g., volition, risk, and value of the goal) as found by Rate (2010). Pury et al (2015) found that volition was in 75% of the narratives, risk in 50%, and value of the goal in 80%.…”

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“…To measure nonvirtuous courage, Pury et al (2015) used narrative data from suicide attempts and terrorist attacks and coded for the three elements of courage (e.g., volition, risk, and value of the goal) as found by Rate (2010). Pury et al (2015) found that volition was in 75% of the narratives, risk in 50%, and value of the goal in 80%. Moreover, each of these three types of statements was present in 40% of all narratives, evidencing that bad courage can and does occur.…”

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Conceptualizing courage.

Kelley¹,

Murphy²,

Breeden³

et al. 2019

Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures (2nd Ed.).

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C ourage is difficult to operationalize but not hard to find. Acts of courage are often easy to recognize, but exactly what makes an act courageous is less obvious. It can reflect extraordinary acts in extraordinary circumstances (thus rendering it a rare occurrence), or it can occur in more common place situations, reflecting subjective perceptions of risk (Pury, Kowalski, & Spearman, 2007).In Plato's Laches, written more than 2,000 years ago, Socrates discusses the nature of courage with the Athenian generals Nicias and Laches. They consider a range of potentially courageous actions, then focus on intellectual qualities and endurance in their respective views of courage. Likewise, we begin with a discussion of the range of common types of courageous action, then discuss the shared features common among all forms of courage. Finally, we discuss the implications of these distinct and common features for existing and future measures of courage. CASE STUDYFaye is a 34-year-old client from a major metropolitan area. She is in a significant long-term relationship with a live-in boyfriend and has a well-paying career she enjoys. Furthermore, she has an 8-month history with a clinic due to panic attacks; she often has one or two full-blown attacks per day. She also

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Is courage always a virtue? Suicide, killing, and bad courage

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Conceptual Foreknowings: Integrative Review on Having Courage

Conceptualizing courage.

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