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Examples to support your opinions would be great, for instance this action in this situation would be bravery, but this act in the same situation would be stupidity.

2007-01-05 23:44:54 · 22 answers · asked by Alfin 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

22 answers

Acting brave in a too dangerous sitation is stupidity-
And that too, if you don't know what you're doing.

2007-01-05 23:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dixie 2 · 0 0

Before I go and search for instances of bravery that have potential to be acts of absolute stupidity, I would like to consider what is the actual matter of the question. I think all deeds of bravery starts descending into acts of pure stupidity when a sense bravery starts to assume a form of its own; when we start doing things for no other reason whatsoever but just to feel and possible be considered brave - fear after all is the most unpleasant thing to live by, and cowardice the most shameful thing to have; cowardice always can be equated to dying, whereas courage is synonymous with life, manhood and righteousness.

The question I come up with here is: what can define an action into a deed of courage or an act of obvious stupidity? I believe, an act of bravery, just for the sake of its own, and without any higher purpose or reason in view, is sheer and absolute thing of stupidity. Many people, for example, dye in numerous ways and for various reasons; there are many instances where people did not fear death, but only those deaths has always been glorified in the pages of human history that were deemed beyond all doubts as true deeds of sacrifice, sacrifice for some love, purpose, cause or a mission. I do not want to be too specific here, and with these thought in view, you can certainly decide for your self what acts have been, or would be, acts of bravery, and what those of pure stupidity that is both in general human history and also in the lives of people you know.

2007-01-06 02:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Shahid 7 · 1 0

at the same time as a snake is there, one has to bypass out of how. that's straightforward intelligence. that's basically as if someone is honking his horn and also you're status interior the technique the line and also you imagine you're a courageous guy. you're basically stupid! and status there, whom are you convincing? your self, deep down, that "i'm a courageous guy." a guy of recognize-how under no circumstances strikes to the option; he strikes with recognize-how. in any respect the priority that arises, in any respect the priority is, he responds mutually with his know-how; he's neither courageous nor a coward. you're both a coward or courageous, yet the different is hiding there: even a cowardly guy can develop into courageous mainly circumstances, even a courageous guy proves to be a coward mainly different circumstances. seem at this problem: the bravest guy, at the same time as he comes domicile, will develop right into a coward -- even a Napoleon previously Josephine is a coward. Why does it happen that a husband who's one of those excellent fighter interior the international, in competition, interior the marketplace, basically will develop right into a coward previously his undesirable spouse? What takes position? and do not imagine that that's about others, that you at the instantaneous are not the guy -- each and every husband is henpecked! This sounds like an exaggerated truth. it isn't, because out of sheer necessity, each and every husband must be henpecked: the full day he's courageous, so at domicile he needs to loosen up from the bravery. And if he's not comfortable even at domicile, then the position will he locate the relax? So the instantaneous he enters his domicile, he places aside his armor. He has been courageous interior the marketplace, battling always -- competition, enemies. there is conflict, a continuous conflict interior the international; the full day he fights. at the same time as he comes domicile he's drained of battling, drained of bravery -- you won't be able to be courageous twenty-4 hours an afternoon. undergo in concepts, no man or woman might want to be courageous twenty-4 hours an afternoon -- you may basically be alert twenty-4 hours an afternoon.

2016-10-16 23:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by sherie 4 · 0 0

If you are being heroic to save, or for the good of another I don't think you can ever call bravery stupidity. It is the feats which might have appeared stupid to everyone else (and hence they would never have had a go) that become the famous acts of true bravery.

2007-01-06 00:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sammy 1 · 0 0

It depends what you mean by bravery. When I was confronted by four robbers, one of whom was armed, I fought like a tiger. It had nothing to do with how much money was in the safe at the time, it had to do with the fact that I was bloody annoyed, because the perpetrators knew that it was the first time a woman had done the night shift there. Although they were all masked, one was caught and convicted. Not only did I recognise his voice, but I also scratched him and had skin from his forearms under my nails. I didn't feel brave. My boss said, 'It wasn't worth it, you know there's virtually no money in the safe over the weekend.' If they had come when a man was on night shift, they'd probably have had much less trouble.
However, I did feel slightly ashamed after the incident, because I'd always considered myself to be a non-violent pacifist. That I'm clearly not. In fact, I refrained from telling the police that, when they were trying to tie me to a chair I tried to kick one of them in the testicles.

I come from a fool-hardy family. One of my ancestors survived the Charge of the Light Brigade. I always assumed he was so scared excrement less that he rode faster than the others.

2007-01-06 00:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0 0

Bravery descends into stupity when it is not true bravery but foolhardiness. This type of person has either no fears or is too stupid to recognise danger, therby placing themselves and others into dangerous situation' True bravery is being afraid but coming to terms with it and carrying on with whatever has to be done. Most soldiers etc who have fought very bravely have, no doubt, been scared to death!

2007-01-06 00:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 0 0

I don`t know if it can ,it depends what the word means.
to me to be able to be brave you have to be very afraid ,and your brave by overcoming your fear to do a thing you don`t want to do but that you should for a greater good
fear less is a different matter if your fearless you could do any stupid thing without thought or any need to be brave i think fearless and stupid have a very close link whereas bravery is something seperate

2007-01-06 02:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by keny 6 · 0 0

Bravery is when you do something for the benefit of others despite fear. Stupidity is when you put your life in danger for the thrill or carelessness

2007-01-06 00:29:26 · answer #8 · answered by RavenIdiot 1 · 0 0

When the possibility of unfavorable outcome and/ or the object wagered immensely outweighs the possible reward, it is stupidity. Bravery has been said to be being yourself the only one to knows that you are frightened.

2007-01-05 23:51:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

bravery becomes stupidity when the it is not spontaneous. Heroes do not see themselves as such. An act planned to show one is brave focuses on the acclaim and amounts to stupidity. Funny how it shows that such act is not inherent and is stupid

2007-01-09 10:10:06 · answer #10 · answered by Elder 3 · 0 0

to examine if an action is brave or stupid (for lack of a better word) examine the intent.....so if you jumped in the water (and are not a very good swimmer) to save someone and your intent was not selfserving(look at me, look at what I did) it would be seen as brave but a little shortsighted(a 911 call would have been the better choice)...so the questions is what was the intent of the action, was the intent impulsive therefore ineffective but still brave

2007-01-06 01:28:07 · answer #11 · answered by cherry 4 · 0 0

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