What is a hero?

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I entirely agree with TwoLegsArmchair. Someone who willingly puts themselves in danger to save somebody else is a hero, regardless of their thought processes at the time--yes, even if they did it because they thought the fame and adulation would help them get a good example of whatever gender partner they wanted, because they still took the risk rather than standing by.

Unless they also orchestrated the danger in the first place, to create a scenario where they could come and save the day and be a "hero"...