Learning Civil Courage: A Citizens’ Perspective

Civil courage refers to the behavior where people actively intervene protect a victim in concrete situation of injustice despite risk becoming themselves. To act with civil courage, one requires competencies that relate prosocial values as well physical and social ability act. In this context, brief reports opinions 2,046 respondents—representatives Germany respect age, gender, region—on what, according them, are best contexts for learning courage. “At home and/or from family” “through volunteering” considered most suitable learn contrast, television, media, internet least supportive contexts.