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.
| ISBN: | 9780198239321 |
| Publication date: | 7th March 1991 |
| Author: | Philip J Kain |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Far-left political ideologies and movements Ethics and moral philosophy Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |
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'.
Marx and Ethics features in the following genres: Far-left political ideologies and movements, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
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Marx and Ethics was written by Philip J Kain and published by Clarendon Press
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