Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Moral Reasoning
Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. argued that violence can never be justified by moral outrage of any sort. Instead, they insisted on using moral reasoning to solve dillemas that they come upon to develop nonviolent strategies for repsonding to violence. Moral reasoning is defined as an individual or collective practical reasoning about what morally one ought to do. Ghandi and MLK both pracitced this throughout their lives. Ghandi was a peaceful person that led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence and civil rights across the world. Martin Luther King Jr. helped break segreation and discrimination in our country through the use of peace and nonviolent rallies even though he was abused multiple times. I personally agree with these two great men. I myself like to think before reacting therefore not putting me in a situation where violence is involved.
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I agree with you that both of these men are correct and that they show good reasoning. But I do not neccessarily think that people will follow moral reasoning the way that Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. meant for the reasoning to be followed. I feel that someone could just get angry and then think that they need to get even. I think that the whole idea behind moral reasoning as you said is thinking before you act upon something. I do not think that most people react in this way when things like this happen. I think most people just go with their gut instinct and react in the moment.
ReplyDeleteThese men are two excellent examples of thinking before you act. At a time where they probably could have organized their respective followers into aggressive mobs they chose to take the non-violent stance. Even though Dr King lost his life in a violent manner he prevented thousands of deaths by teaching his followers to fight with their minds instead of their hands. This formula can be used today when our country is considering war and military intervention. I understand that the U.S must take a strong stance to preserve our protection but considering multiple types of intervention will take us a long way.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with the claim presented by PRSTUDENT pertaining to the fact that both MLK and Gandhi are great examples of thinking prior to acting. These men are great role models to our world. The willingness to stand up for the rights of others despite the difficulty they faced throughout is remarkable. Like you, I also agree with their methods of nonviolence. If more people had this attitude and approach on life our world would be a much better place.
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I agree with all the comments above in that Martin Luther King and Gandhi were great examples of thinking before you result to moral outrage. There are better ways such as moral reasoning to use as alternate methods to solve issues or problems.
ReplyDeleteI liked this post because you discussed how important Martin Luther King Jr and Gandi were to non-violent movements. Unfortunately sometimes the more time that has passed we tend to forget just how essential these type of people are. You not only talked about this but you also gave some background into the times that they lived, which also played a huge part in shaping the people that they were. The only part that I somewhat disagree with is the fact that you mentioned that you think before you act, and therefore you stay out of violent situations. The unfortunately truth about this is the fact that some of the violence committed in this country is very thought through, and that makes it much more dangerous.
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