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Courage

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Courage is the ability to confront fear in the face of pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation.

The subtle distinction is between courage and foolhardiness. A courageous person overcomes a justifiable fear for an even more noble purpose. If the fear is not justifiable or the purpose not noble, then the courage is either false, or foolhardy.

See also Virtue.

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