It would be fair to say that King did the right thing in choosing to pursue higher ideals rather than playing golf all day, even though he lost his life in doing so. The same can be said of Gandhi. Nonetheless, such obligations to sacrifice cannot be universal or near-universal. If we all went around sacrificing our own individualistic pursuits to an extreme degree, there would be no civilization left to advance. As we saw earlier, it is more sensible to reject collective sacrificial recommendations that will lower the rate of sustainable economic growth.
