Marxism and MoralityIt is reported that the moment anyone talked to Marx about morality, he would roar with laughter. Yet, plainly, he was fired by outrage and a burning desire for a better world. This paradox is the starting point for Marxism and Morality. Discussing the positions taken by Marx, Engels, and their descendants in relation to certain moral issues, Steven Lukes addresses the questions on which Marxist thinkers and actors have taken a number of characteristic stands as well as other questions--personal relations and the moral virtues of the individual, for example--on which Marxism falls silent. A provocative exploration of the gray area where Marxism and morality meet, this book argues that Marxism makes a number of major moral claims and that its appeal has always been, in large part, a moral one. |
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Contents
The Paradox Stated | 1 |
The Paradox Resolved | 27 |
Justice and Rights | 48 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Marxism and Morality Marxist introductions Oxford paperbacks, ISSN 0473-6486 |
| Author | Steven Lukes |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2011 |
| ISBN | 0192820745, 9780192820747 |
| Length | 163 pages |
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