Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis

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Does Marxism possess an ethical impulse? Is there a moral foundation that underpins the Marxist critique of capitalism and the vision for social progress? The essays collected in Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis argue that there is such an ethical grounding for Marxist theory. The essays, each from different vantage points, construct what a Marxian ethics should look like: what kind of values should be at the heart of the Marxian enterprise. Contributors are: Dan Albanese, Paul Blackledge, Bob Cannon, Tony Burns, Ian Fraser, Ruth Groff, Wadood Hamad, Christoph Henning, Peter Hudis, Lauren Langman, George E. McCarthy, Sean Sayers, Michael J. Thompson, and Lawrence Wilde. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction PART 1: Marxist Humanism and Ethical Models 1. The Marxian Roots of Radical Humanism—Lawrence Wilde 2. The Idea of the “Struggle for Recognition” in the Ethical Thought of the Young Marx and its Relevance Today—Tony Burns 3. Political Economy and the Normative: Marx on Human Nature and the Quest for Dignity—Lauren Langman & Dan Albanese 4. Art as Ethics: The Aesthetic Self—Ian Frase PART 2: Critical Perspectives on Rights and Justice 5. Reclaiming Marx: Principles of Justice as a Critical Foundation in Moral Realism—Wadood Y. Hamad 6. Marx as a Critic of Liberalism—Sean Sayers 7. Marx, Modernity and Human Rights—Bob Cannon 8. Last of the Schoolmen: Natural Law and Social Justice in Karl Marx PART 3: Toward a Theory of Marxist Ethics 9. Philosophical Foundations for a Marxian Ethics—Michael J. Thompson 10. Political Economy with Perfectionist Premises: Three Types of Criticism in Marx—Cristoph Henning 11. G.A. Cohen and the Limits of Analytical Marxism—Paul Blackledge 12. On the Ethical Contours of Thin Aristotelian Marxism—Ruth Groff 13. The Ethical Implications of Marx’s Concept of a Post-Capitalist Society—Peter Hudis Index