Why is it foolish to be too brave? What is real courage? How do you show respect for others?

Question

How do you see a coward? What is the difference between being brave and being foolish? What do you do to people that are harrassing you to make them stop?

Answer 1

In reality, there's no difference between courage and foolishness. It just depends on the outcome.

Answer 2

1.foolish to be too brave? You didn't want to be too brave before a cobra and go and try to catch it.
2. Gandhi believed and showed to the world that real courage is not fighting back but pass ism-show the other cheek kind of stuff.
3.You start showing respect by first say hi! good morning. Giving them the space they need.Helping hand where ever you are.Opening the door ,holding the door, If you are driving st oping for the people on the Cross walk etc
4.You recognize a coward from his/her actions/behavior.Is he respecting others (waiters,old people etc) is he tipping.
5. answer #1 Gandhi said only a brave man can say 'I am sorry'
6. It depends on who is harassing and what kind of harassment. May be you can talk to them straight . you can bring a third party like a clergy,or somebody they respect into it. or you complaint to the police with evidence

Answer 3

Bravery can be mistaken for being foolish because a brave act always puts your own safety or maybe life in danger.
Once a huge dog started attacking my 45 lb dog and I broke up the fight. I'm not very big but I was in no way going to let another dog hurt my dog. People at work debated on whether I was brave or foolish. Maybe foolish but it took bravery to stand up to a dog that weighed more than me I can only say. I did it without thought.
I think courage is different than bravery because courage takes mustering up. u no what i mean. A courageous person is a strong willed person who tackle's challenges with pride.
Respect is letting someone do and be what they are without judgment even if you don't agree.
If someone is harassing me I would confront them face to face. If I was afraid of physical violence I would get a huge guy to help me out there. ;) Really, I would call the police.

Answer 4

A man is drowning. I can sort of swim a little bit. He is a 300 lb man I am a 90 lb woman. He is in trouble but I think it is foolishness for me to try and save him....so, I therefore either
1) find a long branch to stick out to him
2) yell for help
3) go to my car and honk the horn
4) or just call 911 on my cell phone which is the fastest of all ways to get help.

What am I? A coward? A hero? Brave? Foolish?
I am courageous enough to know my limits and respectful of this man's life to help him.

Answer 5

It is not foolish to be brave...Real courage is standing up or someone you love and facing our own shortcomings...I show respect for others by listening and validating them ..I see a coward as a sorry soul...being brave is taking calculated risks and being foolish is jumping in the water to save someone when you do not know how to swim...When people harrass me I repeat very loudly...could you please step away from ..over and over ...Hey, just me again...how are you? You sure have alot of questions today...good questions

Answer 6

Foolishness - acting because you aren't afraid when you should be - the fool acts but doesn't know they should be afraid.

Courage - acting in spite of being afraid when you should be - the brave act even though they know they should be and in fact are afraid.

Coward - not acting because of fear regardless if there is reason to be afraid or not - the coward doesn't act when afraid even regardless if the fear is warranted or not.

Respect - honoring someone else regardless of personal opinion. This is easy if you hold someone in high esteem and sometimes difficult if you don't. The key is to use courtesy, etiquette and the golden rule. Follow those things and it becomes natural regardless of personal opinion,

Respect is earned.... mostly as a result of respectful action.

Answer 7

It is foolish to be brave for the purpose of just being brave. Real courage on the other hand, requires consideration or reasoning that the intent of such action is promoting well-being of others.
For me showing respect to others is noticing their good deeds, we also show respect to them by pointing their wrong doings for their sake and better rapport.
A coward is a person who will not take any action into something he thinks is right for him and others.
I would talk civilizedly to those people, mind to mind and tell them to stop. It always work for me talking calmy and reasonable. Taking avenge and retaliation leads more complication.

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Answer 8

Aristotle would say that it is not possible to be too brave. What you call "too brave" is really being foolhardy or rash, not brave. Bravery is a virtue. As such, one cannot be too brave. It is a virtue that reflects due moderation over against deficiency or excess. It is foolish to be excessive with respect to bravery. But there are several ways you can make people stop harassing you without being violent.

Answer 9

Courage is doing what must be done, even if it's dangerous and even if you are scared. Cowardice is knowing what must be done and making excuses for not doing it. Foolishness is doing dangerous and scary things without thinking them through.

Showing respect is fine if the person to whom you give respect has earned it. If someone is kind to you, understanding, wise, honest and helpful...has that person earned your regard and respect? Treat him or her kindly in return.

Who is harrassing you? and how? Is this verbal harrassment? Sexual harrassment? Physical abuse? Bullying? Report it to your parents, teachers, police department, etc. When I was six years old, I punched the school bully right in the nose. He was 9 and chasing me to beat me up; I turned around, planted my feet and stuck out a fist...he ran right into it. He never bothered me again.

Answer 10

OK, this is like 17 questions. You have to split these up.

1. I don't consider it foolish to be brave
2. It's completely subjective. One person may say if you risk your life, another person may say they have death wish anyway, so it's not brave
3. Obviously by treating them the way I like to be treated.
4. Far too vague of a question, but I suppose someone who doesn't take a risk when society would deem it necessary. However society is cowardly, so even that is a bad definition.
5. Subjective
6. Contact police - meet them in a dark alley at night and take care of business - etc...

Answer 11

Foolishness- when acting without thinking

courage,bravery - when acting nobly even being afraid

coward - no man is coward, under certain circumstances, because human is mammal and if provoked to the point of his unique threshold he'll die fighting.

respect - golden rule: "You should treat others the way you want to be treated."

recommendation:

Two way to stop people from harassing you

1. peacefully - don't show you are annoyed or affected by his bullying and harassment be assertive and acknowledge his presence by smiling or grinning at him casually, people are preying on their target by their reaction. if you are not affected hell stop harassing you

2. not so peaceful - report them to police officer and file a complaint of harassment and show you are serious and be ready... study martial arts.. self defense it'll make you confident