Urging patience on others for injustice one does not endure is immoral

Evidence

As Martin Luther King Jr. pointed out, “It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.” — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 743

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A rare, quotable moral insight about the inequity of urging patience for harms one doesn’t face.
• XREF: connects to: Niebuhr recognized racial injustice but advised patience instead of action — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 741; Personal virtue cannot remedy injustice embedded in the situation itself — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974; Patience counts as a virtue only when practiced independent of circumstance (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Patience counts as a virtue only when practiced independent of circumstance #corroborates (0.75)
• Personal virtue cannot remedy injustice embedded in the situation itself #expands (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974
• Patience is cultivated as a good deed regardless of one’s circumstances #contradicts (0.72)
• Comparing one’s group’s offenses to worse deeds of others is a moral defense #exemplifies (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2085