I have been pondering on this question for so long, but answer does'nt seem to come. I guess sometime or the other everyone has to confront these questions. It's just that my time for this question came early. Bravery, I guess is reflected in the decisions that we take in our life time. Bravery may seem very close risk taking ability, but I guess there is a strong difference. Dictionary.com says that bravery is a show of courage were courage means "The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution." Brave are those people who take actions when danger is staring at their faces. On the other hand risk-taking is just a opportunistic (not necessarily unethical) mindset. The risk-takers, knowingly will never encounter danger. Mind you, both these qualities are not mutually exclusive.
But apart from the distinction made between bravery and risk-taking how can one quantify bravery? I guess it can be done only through looking at the decisions of the concerned person and the circumstances in which the decisions were made. But even decisions have a mixed background. Some decisions taken by us are totally impulsive in nature. Such decisions have to arrived at in split second time. And then there are decisions, which get a lot of time to think..... to ponder, to sleep over it. The second category of decisions obviously show your colour. But it also has reason mixed with it. So can we, use such decisions to quntify bravery? Or , we should use the parameter of impulsive decisions as our criteria? Implusive decisions have little or no reson attached with it.(where do u get the time to think in half a sec?) But in the same half sec, things like prejudice, taste etc. have a overbearing influence in one's decision making?
If anyone can figure out how you classify yourself as brave or coward please let me know? I would like to know myself. And I am totally ready to accept myself as a coward if I am so. And if I find myself to be brave I will happily award myself the bravery certificate by Dr. Greenfingers.
But apart from the distinction made between bravery and risk-taking how can one quantify bravery? I guess it can be done only through looking at the decisions of the concerned person and the circumstances in which the decisions were made. But even decisions have a mixed background. Some decisions taken by us are totally impulsive in nature. Such decisions have to arrived at in split second time. And then there are decisions, which get a lot of time to think..... to ponder, to sleep over it. The second category of decisions obviously show your colour. But it also has reason mixed with it. So can we, use such decisions to quntify bravery? Or , we should use the parameter of impulsive decisions as our criteria? Implusive decisions have little or no reson attached with it.(where do u get the time to think in half a sec?) But in the same half sec, things like prejudice, taste etc. have a overbearing influence in one's decision making?
If anyone can figure out how you classify yourself as brave or coward please let me know? I would like to know myself. And I am totally ready to accept myself as a coward if I am so. And if I find myself to be brave I will happily award myself the bravery certificate by Dr. Greenfingers.
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