Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi Injustice Injustice 1 absence of justice violation of right or of the rights of another unfairness 2 an unjust act wrong Evil Evil ID: 595941
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The Encounter with Injustice and Evil
Martin Luther King and Mahatma GandhiSlide2
Injustice
Injustice:
1
:
absence of justice: violation of right or of the rights of another:
unfairness
2
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an unjust act: wrong Slide3
Evil
Evil
1:
morally reprehensible: sinful,
wicked
2
: arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct Slide4
What’s the difference?
Much overlap between the two terms
Involves a moral judgment on our part
Anything we call evil is probably also unjust, but not everything unjust is also evil.
Evil implies a higher degree of wrongness.Slide5Slide6
Ambiguity of Moral Activity
Struggle with questions of right and wrong
Times of questioning and “soul-searching”
Both the encounter with injustice and evil and our attempts to respond may involve an encounter with the SacredSlide7
Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
Examples of this journeySlide8
GandhiSlide9
Gandhi
1869-1948
Born in India and raised as a Hindu
Educated at a lawyer
Came to believe in the power of non-violence
Lead the movement in India that resulted in freedom from England and self-ruleSlide10
KingSlide11
King
1929-1968
Baptist pastor
Lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Used non-violence to change segregation
Organized the March on WashingtonSlide12
Shared Experience
Both deeply spiritual
Spirituality for both emerged in response to encounter with unjust social structures
Spirituality continued to develop through action aimed at social changeSlide13
Implications for the Course
Watch films, read writings of both men
Focus on the key events in their lives that had an impact on the persons they became
Examine the way these experiences became for them encounters with the Sacred.