Abstract
Increasingly, there is a persistent concern among community leaders, educators, theologians and ethicists alike of the necessity to reexamine the thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. The difficulty in rational reflection upon any one phase of King’s thought lies in the fact that so much has been written about his philosophy and theology and his contribution to the non-violent freedom movement of the last two decades. It is never easy to find one’s way into another side or dimension of a person’s thought. Yet as we attempt to discover more “promising moral indicators” for the future, we are compelled by the sway of events to investigate, critically and appreciatively, the ethical dimension of the thought of King.