PoetPhilosopher
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What motivates acts of being a true hero? Something embedded into our moral code? An expectation by society to do so? Inability to think upon fight or flight and weigh the consequences? Inspiration from the divine?
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I think there might be a handful or more reasons someone does something heroic. I once had an insight into one of those reasons. A few decades ago, I was paying my way through university by working as a fire fighter for the city. One of the two things that most struck me about my years in the Fire Department was how tightly the men bonded with each other. They were almost to a man willing to lay down their lives for their "brothers". When I joined the Department, I was not at all expecting to find that sort of devotion. By the time I left, I had come to almost take it for granted.
What motivates acts of being a true hero? Something embedded into our moral code? An expectation by society to do so? Inability to think upon fight or flight and weigh the consequences? Inspiration from the divine?
I think there might be a handful or more reasons someone does something heroic. I once had an insight into one of those reasons. A few decades ago, I was paying my way through university by working as a fire fighter for the city. One of the two things that most struck me about my years in the Fire Department was how tightly the men bonded with each other. They were almost to a man willing to lay down their lives for their "brothers". When I joined the Department, I was not at all expecting to find that sort of devotion. By the time I left, I had come to almost take it for granted.
#5. I'm biased in favor of that opinion, but readily concede that my bias does not have scientific evidence to encourage and/or support my opinion.
- What motivates acts of being a true hero?
- Something embedded into our moral code?
- An expectation by society to do so?
- Inability to think upon fight or flight and weigh the consequences?
- Inspiration from the divine?
Not that I ever did anything requiring heroism but those few times I did the right thing, I was definitely out of my mind. One time I was so far gone that I didn't even remember what happened.What motivates acts of being a true hero? Something embedded into our moral code? An expectation by society to do so? Inability to think upon fight or flight and weigh the consequences? Inspiration from the divine?