"Creative, Good Will for All Men:" Martin Luther King Jr. the Moralist. (31st May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hanagan, Nora
• Is Part Of: Perspectives on political science. Volume 50:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2021-05-31
• Subjects: Political science -- Book reviews -- Periodicals; Political science literature -- Periodicals; Political science -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Political science; Political science literature; Political science -- Study and teaching; Book reviews; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 320
• DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1897314
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-7097

Abstract

Abstract: This essay considers how Ruth Grant's understanding of hypocrisy and integrity might be applied to Martin Luther King Jr. Putting Grant and King in conversation, I argue, helps democratic citizens and theorists think about political ethics in contexts of extreme inequality.