3 Questions
What did King call for in order to bridge the gap between scientific and moral progress?
A return to basic living
What did King identify as the three larger problems related to ethical infantilism?
Poverty, racial injustice, and war
What is the solution to the three larger problems that King identified?
Squaring moral progress with scientific progress
Study Notes
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King lamented the gap between our scientific and moral progress, and called for a return to a "simple art of living together as brothers."
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He expressed concern that enlarged material powers spell enlarged peril if there is not proportionate growth of the soul.
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King identified three larger problems that are related to our ethical infantilism: racial injustice, poverty, and war.
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The solution to these problems is dependent upon man squaring his moral progress with his scientific progress, and learning the practical art of living in harmony.
Explore Martin Luther King Jr.'s ethical philosophy and his call for harmony between scientific and moral progress. Learn about the larger problems he identified and the practical art of living in harmony as a solution.
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