What I consider to be some good news came out of my home state recently -- actually occurring a year ago, but back in public view again just this last week. By now likely many readers have already glimpsed in their news feeds the inspirational (but all too brief) story coming out of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
It is about three middle-school basketball players coming to the aid of one of their classmates -- a cheerleader with Downs syndrome who was being made fun of by some fans attending a game. The players walked off the court in the middle of a game, and up to the stands, where they confronted those fans, and told them to "knock it off." That would seem to both require and exemplify a certain kind, or at least measure, of courage. It also raises a number of interesting questions, particularly when we add in some additional background information -- at least from a virtue ethics perspective.
