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Professional moral courage is not a one-time task. It is represented by an ongoing commitment to being ethical. Ethicality is not something saved up for special occasions, parsed out for certain problems, or applied when it’s convenient or others are watching.
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This statement paraphrases elements of Mahatma Gandhi’s quote, “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him….We need not wait to see what others do” (see http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2012/08/14/be-the-change-where-did-this-saying-come-from/).
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Sekerka, L. (2016). Moral Competencies. In: Ethics is a Daily Deal. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18090-8_10
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