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Marx and Ethics
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  • Philip J. Kain, Santa Clara University
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Philip J. Kain (Author)

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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 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.

ISBN
978-0198239321
Publication Date
5-9-1991
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Citation Information
Philip J. Kain. Marx and Ethics. (1991)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/philip-kain/81/