On Martin Luther King Jr. Day every year, lots of people performatively cite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech in order to present the image of being good on issues of race and justice. Even more troublingly, far too many people have become accustomed to using Dr. King as a moral mascot—sometimes for bad ideas that he did not even promote. If people are going to be serious about logical argumentation, using Dr. King as a mascot and simply pretending that all that needs to be satisfied to establish the morality of a position is that he would have supported it is daft. Although Dr. King was considered the conscience of the nation, it does not mean his pronunciations must be treated as dogma. It is important to be able to reason independently.
Moral Reasoning and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Moral Reasoning and Dr. Martin Luther King…
Moral Reasoning and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day every year, lots of people performatively cite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech in order to present the image of being good on issues of race and justice. Even more troublingly, far too many people have become accustomed to using Dr. King as a moral mascot—sometimes for bad ideas that he did not even promote. If people are going to be serious about logical argumentation, using Dr. King as a mascot and simply pretending that all that needs to be satisfied to establish the morality of a position is that he would have supported it is daft. Although Dr. King was considered the conscience of the nation, it does not mean his pronunciations must be treated as dogma. It is important to be able to reason independently.