Moral Courage

• Moral courage - is standing up for one's own ethical decision in the face of consequences.
• Reason - is our capacity to be logical and will and will is our control over our actions.
• Moral courage - is the behavioral expression of authenticity in the face of discomfort of dissension, disapproval, or rejection.
• A person - who is courageous in the face of ethical challenges does the right thing even if it's not popular and refuses to stand idly by while others engage in unethical or harmful behavior and will not sacrifice aspirations when confronted by academic or ethical setbacks.
• identifying moral dilemmas - is crucial to making ethical decisions and applying ethical principles in our daily lives.
• knowing - is different from actually executing moral decisions that uphold these principles.
• Moral Courage - refers to operation out of consideration of what's "good" and what's "bad"
• Physical courage - is about willingly facing a situation despite of risk (death, harm, etc.).
• According to Ciulla (2005), - there are three methods to measure the moral courage:

  1. Intention - what is your true reason in making the action?
  2. Means - Are we pursuing this situation or are we objective in a character-based way?
  3. Results - what will be the results, and how will they create good conditions?
• Practical reasoning - is an application of reason which is used to guide action or reasonably figuring our what to do.
• Theoretical reason - is used to guide thinking.
• will - means control over one's actions.
• moral responsibility - which entails ownership of our actions-whether good or bad.
• Frame - refers to the way how we perceive a situation.
• moral theories - are based on observations, hypothesis, and inquiries. It explains moral judgements based on logical and critical thinking.
• Aristotle - According to him, the one who has the most wisdom about these case in hand must make the decision.