Summary Of Oscar Romero In El Salvador

Oscar Romero strived to remedy the situation in El Salvador, much like key thinker Aristotle would have. The core of Aristotle’s ethics is political intent. While Romero was primarily opposed to politics and government in El Salvador, the two share the same fundamental belief that the first and foremost concern is the people (In Aristotle’s case; Polis – the Greek city state, and in Romero’s; the Church). Anyone outside this community of people or polis, is an isolated person, a beast or god (Text, In Search of the Good, 2004). In the instance of El Salvador, the government and the wealthy distanced themselves from the polis, because they deemed themselves superior. These are the individuals who thought of themselves as gods, but who are truly