“I don’t want to give the impression that those individuals who are working to remove the system and those individuals who have been on the oppressed end of the old order must not themselves be concerned about breadth.”
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Source: The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life (1960)
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In The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life (1960), King uses a direct appeal to responsibility to examine justice, with attention to impression, individuals, working. The practical center is the relationship between self awareness and concerned and breadth, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around impression before participants choose one measurable action related to justice.
- A teacher pairs the passage from The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life (1960) with a primary-source exercise about self awareness and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between individuals and breadth to discuss conduct under pressure.