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Ethical challenges

ETHICAL CHALLENGES

Ethical challenges face by Martin Luther King Junior

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Leadership is a challenging task . Leaders are often faced with many ethical challenges . Some of them are able to make the right moral decisions , while others are not . This term focuses on the ethical challenges faced by Martin Luther King Jr . as a leader and pastor

Ethical challenges faced by Martin Luther King Junior

Introduction

Martin Luther King 's legacy is that of a crusader for justice , equality

and peace . He possessed the ability to cloak his causes in the highest of ethical standards . It is said that he could speak of `freedom ' and `justice ' and the `promised land ' and arouse the idealistic emotions of black and white , rich and poor . Even when he talked tough , he sought a higher level with phrases like `direct action ' and `conformation ' and `militant non-violence . The main aim or the term is to find out the ethical challenges faced by King , and what he did to overcome them

The rise of Martin Luther

At the time King started his role as an emancipator , the African Americans lived difficult lives . Despite the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War , many African Americans and other minorities continued to endure inequality for the next century , especially in the south . Local statutes known as Jim Crow laws were passed that effectively barred people such as African Americans from fully executing their constitutional rights , such as voting...

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