--- title: Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Courage is not having no fear; it is doing what is right even when you are afraid or it is unpopular, like Dav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Virtues: courage, responsibility, righ… # Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties Lesson 35 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/0/) — Courage is not having no fear; it is doing what is right even when you are afraid or it is unpopular, like David facing Goliath, or a child who speaks up when everyone else laughs at someone. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/1/) — Moral courage is everyday courage: standing up for someone, saying no to a dare, or owning up to a mistake; it is hard, but it builds trust and character. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/2/) — Responsibility means doing your duties and owning the results of your actions instead of making excuses; Christians believe God gives each person gifts and tasks to look after well. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/3/) — Every child has rights, such as safety, education, being heard and freedom of belief (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child), and rights go with duties: my right is your duty to respect, and your right is mine. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/4/) — Good rules protect people, though some rules can be unfair and need changing by fair means; self-control and perseverance, managing your wants and keeping going when it is hard, help you do the right thing day after day. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/5/) — Courage means doing what is right even when it is scary or unpopular. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/6/) — Courage is not having no fear; it is acting well despite fear. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/7/) — Moral courage means standing up for what is right, for example speaking up for someone or admitting a mistake. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/8/) — Responsibility means taking care of your duties and owning the results of your actions. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/9/) — Owning up means admitting when you have done something wrong; it builds trust. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/10/) — Rights are things every person is entitled to, such as safety, education, being heard and freedom of belief. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/11/) — The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, an agreement made by the countries of the world at the United Nations, lists the rights of every child, whoever they are. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/12/) — Duties are things we ought to do for others, such as respecting their rights and helping. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/13/) — Rights and duties go together: one person's right is everyone else's duty to respect. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/14/) — Rules are agreed guides for behaviour at home, at school and in society. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/15/) — Good rules protect people; unfair rules can be changed by fair and peaceful means. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/16/) — Self-control means managing your feelings and wants instead of letting them manage you. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/17/) — Perseverance means keeping going when things are difficult. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/18/) — Christians believe God gives people gifts and tasks and asks them to use them well. - ← previous: [Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/) - next →: [What is an ethics olympiad?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)