(This essay was also published in Today's American Catholic) Martin Luther King often described his moral vision as one of "agapic love.” Agape is Greek for "distinterested love" — to King it was "a love in which the individual seeks not his own good,” but the good of his or her neighbor. Agape “does not discriminate between worthy and unworthy people" — it is about “discovering the neighbor” in every person it meets. It is not "weak, passive love" but "love in action." It seeks to "go to any length to restore community."
The Revolution of the Bleeding Heart
The Revolution of the Bleeding Heart
The Revolution of the Bleeding Heart
(This essay was also published in Today's American Catholic) Martin Luther King often described his moral vision as one of "agapic love.” Agape is Greek for "distinterested love" — to King it was "a love in which the individual seeks not his own good,” but the good of his or her neighbor. Agape “does not discriminate between worthy and unworthy people" — it is about “discovering the neighbor” in every person it meets. It is not "weak, passive love" but "love in action." It seeks to "go to any length to restore community."