Dr. Heschel explained Rabbi Heschel’s relationship with Dr. King in a very unique view and conveyed ideas from both men that I was grateful to learn. Dr. Heschel mentioned two concepts that Rabbi Heschel believed in that are in a way common sense yet very profound. These concepts being that politics are about morality and stated by Rabbi Heschel, “In a free society, some may be guilty, but all are responsible”(Rabbi Heschel). In the concept that politics are about morality, it tells all that one’s politics is also part one’s character and not something that can just be separated from who they are. When it comes to Rabbi Heschel’s statement, I interpret that the masses can shape and control what paths a society takes. The two concepts have so…show more content… Due to one’s morals one can think of their own perfect society. This society that they will think of will not go against their morals otherwise it would not be perfect to them. The idea of politics and morals is more prevalent in social issues, like abortion or gay marriage . Issues like abortion and gay marriage tend to have a binary answer, yes it should be allowed or no it should not. When people say yes it should be allowed or no it shouldn't, they tend to explain with their morals and not statistics or factual evidence to say why said issue should be legalized or not, because that evidence is not needed. I do not believe Rabbi Heschel believed that politics are morals because of issues like this but for issues where one can hide their morals with statistics or respected ideology that tend to be biased in the first place. For example the military industrial complex, which exist because it’s argued that high military spending is need to keep America “free”. Others who oppose say that America will still have plenty of freedom while reducing militarty spending. While in reality the military industrial complex exist due to fact that government contractors lobby the government along with there being thousand of americans that work for these companies and need their jobs. The opposing morality being that war should be the last option and the money spent would be beneficial elsewhere. Dr. King spoke out…show more content… When I think about this statement I immediately think about the United States as a society. With any pertinent issue in society I truly believe there are those who benefit from the issue being such an issue. Those who benefit are able to convince part of the masses to not believe that the issue is a such a bad thing. If a majority of the masses knew why the issue existes than it would go against their morals. A prime example of this is with gay marriage, which has only been legal country-wide since 2015. Those who benefit from the illegality of gay marriage get the validation that gays in the United States have their love invalidated by society. However when gay marriage became a rights issue for the masses, with constant protesting and those with larger political voices than others speaking out against the injustice against gays, any person with political power who was openly against gay marriage could risk their career except for a select few that had constituents that were consistently homophobic. Rabbi Heschel's words ring in with a issue like this. There were the few in power and in the masses who ensured the illegality of gay marriage while the majority of the masses felt like it was their duty to create a culture change with how gay men and women are perceived in society, by speaking out and protesting. This culture changed forced those in power to give in. Even though
