Moral Courage
| Category: | Brave |
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| Notes: | Standing up for what's right socially often requires more courage than physical bravery. |
Physical courage is impressive - jumping into cold water, climbing high, facing a scary challenge. But there's another kind of courage that's even harder: moral courage. The bravery to stand up for what's right when it will cost you socially.
Speaking up when your friends are planning something wrong. Sitting with the kid everyone excludes. Admitting you made a mistake when you could hide it. These acts require moral courage because the consequences feel immediate and personal - judgment, exclusion, embarrassment.
A Scout is brave in conscience as well as deed. Physical courage might be tested occasionally, but moral courage is tested almost daily. When you choose to do what's right even though it makes you unpopular, awkward, or different, you're showing the kind of bravery that truly defines character.