Against Deterrence Philosophy of Courage in Plato’s Dialogue Lakhes and in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

The aim of this article is to try to make a philosophical discussion about the subject of “courage” on the basis of the ideas of Plato’s dialogue Lakhes. This article tries to focus on two works: One is Lakhes by Plato and the other is the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. In the Introduction, the answer of the question “What is courage?” is searched in our daily life. In the first chapter the oldest philosophical discussion on courage in Plato’s dialogue Lakhes is tried to be explained. In the second chapter it is argued shortly that the philosophical background of Huxley’s novel Brave New World is based upon Nietzsche’s antinihilist ideas. In the third chapter the idea of courage in Huxley’s Brave New World is investigated. In the conclusion some suggestions against any act of deterrence are given