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Marx and Ethics

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1991
ISBN
9780198239321, 0198239327, 0198244967, 9780198244967
LCC
B3305.M74 K274 1988
Open Library ID
OL2032898M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5571826 bytes)
Series
Clarendon Paperbacks
Pages
228\228
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

This book traces the development of Marx's ethics as they underwent various shifts and changes during different periods of his thought. In his early writings, his ethics were based on a concept of essence much like Aristotle's, which Marx tried to link to a principle of universalization similar to Kant's ''categorical imperative.'' In the period 1845-46, Marx abandoned this view, holding morality to be incompatible with his historical materialism. In the later work he was less of a determinist. Though he no longer wished to reject morality, he did want to transcend a morality of burdensome obligation and constraint in order to realize a community built upon spontaneous bonds of solidarity.

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