2007-08-01 05:29:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A coward is someone who does not meet a challenge because he is afraid of the possible outcomes.
A brave person is one who is afraid of the possible outcomes of a challenge, but meets it anyway.
Foolhardiness is launching into a challenge while being completely ignorant of the possible outcomes it.
Someone who does not seek challenges but meets them when necessary is humble or modest.
A person who simply never challenges themselves is docile.
2007-08-01 08:14:56 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The inability or the option to not even try, out of fear.
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
2007-08-01 12:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cowardice is an overriding personality trait the causes you to deny what's important to you even though you know it's the right thing to do, but you won't do it because you're afraid of what people may think, persecution, etc.
2007-08-01 12:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by Pansy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dropping two H-Bombs on 100,000s of civilians to end a war that you are losing. To enter Vietnam and rape and murder thousands of women and children, including lining up close to 100 women and young children, in a railway tunnel, then throwing grenades and shooting with machine guns until the screaming stops. Want any more examples? There are loads of them!
2007-08-01 12:40:03 · answer #4 · answered by kendavi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cowardice is being afraid even though there is nothing to be afraid of.
2007-08-01 12:46:24 · answer #5 · answered by Julian 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cowardice is going to sleep with your roof on fire!!
2007-08-01 12:39:27 · answer #6 · answered by Freeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way too many variables to define. It's subjective in nature.
2007-08-01 12:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turning your back on your loved ones or allies. Stealing from and or lying to your loved ones or allies. Gossiping or bad mouthing your loved ones or allies.
When the time comes to stand up for your family, do it. Don't whine, cut and run, or try to sell them out.
2007-08-01 13:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by tercentenary98 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
P_U_S_S_Y
2007-08-01 12:32:22 · answer #9 · answered by ChaliQ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋