An article one of us (Zeno Franco) wrote with Philip Zimbardo, “The Banality of Heroism,”advanced five key features of heroism:
- Developing a “discontinuity detector”—that is to say becoming more mindful of situations in which conflicting information is present;
- Being willing to accept some interpersonal conflict—heroic decisions are often controversial;
- Remaining aware of a more distant time horizon and what the consequences of our actions in this particular moment may mean in the future;
- Resisting the urge to rationalize inaction and to justify evil deeds as somehow righteous; and
- Learning to control fear—heroism is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite it.
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