2. Moral Perfectionism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: Martin Luther King, Jr., and Political Philosophy 1
4. PART I. Traditions
5. 1. The Du Bois–Washington Debate and the Idea of Dignity 19
6. 2. Moral Perfectionism 35
7. 3. The Roots of Civil Disobedience in Republicanism and Slavery 58
8. 4. Showdown for Nonviolence: The Theory and Practice of Nonviolent Politics 78
9. PART II. Ideals
10. 5. From Anger to Love: Self-Purification and Political Resistance 105
11. 6. The Prophetic Tension between Race Consciousness and the Ideal of Color-Blindness 127
12. 7. Integration, Freedom, and the Affirmation of Life 146
13. 8. A Vindication of Voting Rights 161
14. PART III. Justice
15. 9. Prisons of the Forgotten: Ghettos and Economic Injustice 187
16. 10. Gender Trouble: Manhood, Inclusion, and Justice 205
17. 11. Living “in the Red”: Time, Debt, and Justice 236
18. 12. The Costs of Violence: Militarism, Geopolitics, and Accountability 253
19. PART IV. Conscience
20. 13. The Path of Conscientious Citizenship 269
21. 14. Requiem for a Dream: The Problem-Space of Black Power 290
22. 15. Hope and Despair: Past and Present 325
23. Afterword: Dignity as a Weapon of Love 339
24. NOTES 351
25. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 419
26. CONTRIBUTORS 421
27. INDEX 425