Moral courage is “the ability to show a benevolent act in spite of the risks of ridicule consequences.” Moral courage is putting one’s life on the line to save millions. Moral courage is the definition of a superhero. Comic book heroes like Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man, were all regular, everyday people living in society. Carl Wilkens, an average concerned citizen, is a hero in disguised himself. In the 1990’s, Carl Wilkens, a humanitarian aid worker, made the decision to move his family to Rwanda. Despite the onset of the genocide, he chose to remain with the hopeless villagers. His family, his close friends, his church, and the United States government profusely urged him to leave immediately, but his high moral values constituted
