“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” Mark Twain Humans have always played games, and many of the sporting games are violent. In football, rugby and soccer, collisions, injuries and broken bones are common. But there are no shortages of testosterone-fueled young men and in some sports, young women, willing to put their bodies on the line in the name of winning. Why is it that people who are so willing to risk their bodies in sports can be so cowardly when moral courage is required? I have been (....)
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