Kierkegaard's Distinct Connotation In Our Culture

Heroism has pretty distinct connotation in our culture; we either think of running into a burning building to save someone or superman. But in philosophy there is very different kind of heroism, ethical heroism. Kierkegaard discussed ethical heroism mostly in reference Socrates, but insists that every human being has the ability to become a hero. Under the definition Kierkegaard gives, ethical heroism is becoming universally human. Essentially, this means that to be an ethical hero you just have to completely human. Nothing can make a person more or less likely to become an ethical hero Kierkegaard describes this, “Heroism has no relation to the difference between one man and another (genius, artist, poet, noble, etc.)”. What career a person