A Deontological Perspective in Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, jr. specified in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail that war, racism and economic in arbitrator are all intertwined and understructure be dealt with through the restructuring of societys priorities and through addressing the necessity of a revolution of values (178). Such a perspective is establish upon the given that oppression and unfair treatment of individuals is not chastely valid nor is it morally permissible most especially if the basis of much(prenominal) is the individuals ethnicity or race.Such a perspective can be traced to the deontological doctrine of Immanuel Kant. As the Kantians believed, each person has a capacity for rational backwardness and choice and as such, an autonomous being with dignity and therefore, ought to be esteem by virtue of being human persons. The evolution of Kings ideological perspective whitethorn therefore be construed in such way that it is a product, both of his experiences as an African American maintenance in a wh ite-dominated society and his philosophical and political development and this may be inferred from Faircloughs book, Martin Luther King, Jr.Kings speeches very intelligibly communicate his views. In one of his speeches, King states that the unarmed truth and compulsive love will have the final word in mankind.I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits (as cited by Carson 23).The necessity of such a belief is based upon his conviction that justice must necessarily prevail within any society since disadvantage anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere (King 178). Such a perspective thereby mirrors a deontological perspective that recognizes the upholding conditions of equality and liberty based upon the existence of universal laws that govern mans dealings with one another.Works CitedCarson, C. A Call to Conscience The Landmark Sp eeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S.A. Warner Books, 2002.Fairclough, A. Martin Luther King, Jr. Georgia University of Georgia Press, 1995.King Jr., M.L. Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Liberating Faith ghostlike Voices for Justice. Ed. Roger Gottlieb. London Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.