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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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political ideologies

• Full title: Marx and Ethics
• Author: Philip J. Kain
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• EAN: 9780198239321
• ISBN: 0198239327
• ID: 04523831
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 315 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 138 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. March 1991

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