Marx and ethics

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Marx and ethics

Philip J. Kain

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, c1988

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Bibliography: p. [204]-212

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pbk ISBN 9780198239321

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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 are based on a concept of essence much like Aristotle's which Marx tries to link to a principle of universalization similar to Kant's `categorical imperative'. In the period 1845-6 Marx abandoned this view, holding morality to be incompatible with his historical materialism. In the later writings Marx is less of a determinist, and he no longer wants to reject morality. However he does want to transcend a morality of burdensome obligation and constraint so as to realize a community built upon spontaneous bonds of solidarity.
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ISBN 9780198244967

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This text traces the development of Marx's ethics as they underwent various shifts and changes during different periods of his life. In his early writings, his ethics are based on a concept of essence much like Aristotle's which Marx tries to link to a principle of universalization similar to Kant's "categorical imperative". In the period 1845-6, Marx abandoned this view, holding morality to be incompatible with his historical materialism. In his later writings, Marx is less of a determinist and he no longer wants to reject morality, but he does want to transcend a morality of obligation and constraint so as to realize a community built upon spontaneous bonds of solidarity.

Table of Contents

  • Aristotle, Kant and the ethics of the young Marx, 1835-1843
  • the synthesis of Kantian and Aristotelian ethics, 1844
  • the abolition of morality, 1845-1856
  • morality and the dialectic method, 1857-1883, the transcendence of morality.

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