Psychological Courage

Daniel Putman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley. The author holds a Ph.D. in Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Prologue Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1: The Courage to Admit Weakness; Overcoming Destructive Habits; Courage and Self Justification; Courage and Self-Deception; Compassion and Forgiveness Chapter 5 2: Courage and Anxiety; Courage in the Cauldron of Fear; Irrational Anxiety; The Wisdom of the Stoics; The Buddhist's Response to Anxiety Chapter 6 3: Psychological Courage and Social Relationships; Psychological Control; Milgram Revisited: Why "No" is So Hard to Say for So Many People; If Only Those Other People Had Stronger Characters; Let the Other Person Take Care of It Chapter 7 4: The Rewards of Courage; The Rewards of a Loving Relationship; The Internal Rewards of Courage; Courage and Friendship; Psychological Courage and the Rewards for Society Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author