| '''Courage''', also known as bravery, will, intrepidity, and fortitude, is the ability to confront [[fear]], [[pain]], risk/danger, [[uncertainty]], or intimidation. "[[Physical]] courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, or threat of [[death]], while "moral courage" is the ability to [[act]] faithfully in the face of popular opposition, [[shame]], scandal, or discouragement. | | '''Courage''', also known as bravery, will, intrepidity, and fortitude, is the ability to confront [[fear]], [[pain]], risk/danger, [[uncertainty]], or intimidation. "[[Physical]] courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, or threat of [[death]], while "moral courage" is the ability to [[act]] faithfully in the face of popular opposition, [[shame]], scandal, or discouragement. |
| As a [[virtue]], courage is discussed extensively in Aristotle's ''Nicomachean Ethics'', where its vice of deficiency is cowardice and its vice of excess are recklessness.[1] | | As a [[virtue]], courage is discussed extensively in Aristotle's ''Nicomachean Ethics'', where its vice of deficiency is cowardice and its vice of excess are recklessness.[1] |