From: Harry S. Hawk (habs@walrus.com)
Date: Mon Feb 02 1998 - 18:00:10 MST
Your missing a key piece..
It is good for YOU if others desire to be HEROs.. so society rewards
them.. Clearly the risks deserve the rewards...
Therefore society creates and prompts HEROs
/hawk
>
> In numerous cultures around the world heroism is a respected personal
> quality. I am curious as to how the act of placing oneself in immediate
> danger to assist someone already in danger came to be recognised as such
> a worthy deed. Surely it is for both the social good and the personal
> good not to do so? How did heroism evolve into such a widely respected
> quality, and should it be held as such?
>
> Brad.
>
> Brad Weslake
> BHP IT Tin Mill Development
> email weslake.brad.bg@bhp.com.au
> ph +61 2 4275 5311
> fax +61 2 4275 5215
>
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