Were Gandhi and Martin Luther King Right About Lex Talionis?
Most of us have heard the famous saying attributed to Gandhi of an eye for an eye making the whole world blind. It’s common to view lex talionis, the Abrahamic injunction of an eye for an eye, to be somehow barbaric or, at the very least, a regressive form of justice in this day and age. Critics of faith often cite this verse as a harsh even vengeful form of retribution. Are such criticisms rooted in bad theology and hot takes?
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Dr. Martin Luther King's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/pea...
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Did Gandhi actually say that?
1:25 MLK's reference of an eye for an eye
2:01 The spiritual brilliance of Gandhi and MLK
2:41 Detractors of lex talionis
2:58 The mitigation of violence in the Abrahamic traditions
3:41 Forgiveness as a moral imperative
5:07 Retributive justice and social contracts
6:19 Concluding thoughts
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