Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times Highlight

To judge by the sanctimonious tributes made to those who “confront evil” in places like Rwanda or by Time magazine’s tribute to whistleblowers who spoke out about accounting fraud in the United States, we live in a world where overcoming passivity and acquiescence is seen as honorable. In reality, we all know that doing so is risky and dangerous, not least because there is precious little agreement about where the line between duty and conscience should be drawn.