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The man who never wavered — Alan Bates

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The man who never wavered — Alan Bates In science, courage is to follow the motto of enlightenment and Kant’s dictum — Sapere Aude!  To use your understanding, dare to think for yourself and question ‘received opinion,’ authority or orthodoxy. In our daily lives, courage is the capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not to step back, but stand up for one’s right not to be humiliated or abused. As when Alan Bates decided to fight The British Post Office’s unjust prosecution of more than 700 of its own local managers for theft and fraud. [embedded content]

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The man who never wavered — Alan Bates

In science, courage is to follow the motto of enlightenment and Kant’s dictum — Sapere Aude!  To use your understanding, dare to think for yourself and question ‘received opinion,’ authority or orthodoxy.

In our daily lives, courage is the capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not to step back, but stand up for one’s right not to be humiliated or abused.

As when Alan Bates decided to fight The British Post Office’s unjust prosecution of more than 700 of its own local managers for theft and fraud.

Lars Pålsson Syll
Professor at Malmö University. Primary research interest - the philosophy, history and methodology of economics.

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