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Comment author: JulianMorrison 24 July 2009 01:29:11PM -1 points [-]

I'd define cowardice as sacrificing a large mind-value to a small but insistent evolutionary-adaptation-value.

Viewed that way, it blends into akrasia. The same problem - insistence.

Comment author: thomblake 24 July 2009 05:00:13PM 0 points [-]

It's normally defined as a vice of deficiency with respect to concern for risk-taking, when 'cowardice' is used as a trait of character.