Will the World Be Better If Everyone is More Courageous? Probably Not.
On Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism
If everyone were 10% more courageous would the world be better? It depends what we mean by better.
Going purely by a utilitarian calculus (more net happiness), I imagine the world would not change that much—and might stay the same—because if good guys and bad guys, correct and incorrect minds, pure and impure motivations, are all endowed with more courag…
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