Constructing Marxist Ethics :

Thompson, Michael J.

Constructing Marxist Ethics : Critique, Normativity, Praxis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (373 pages) - Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser. ; v.74. . - Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser. .

Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1: Marxist Humanism and Ethical Models -- 1 The Marxian Roots of Radical Humanism -- 2 The Idea of the "Struggle for Recognition" in the Ethical Thought of the Young Marx and its Relevance Today -- 3 Political Economy and the Normative: Marx on Human Nature and the Quest for Dignity -- 4 Art as Ethics: The Aesthetic Self -- PART 2: Critical Perspectives on Rights and Justice -- 5 Reclaiming Marx: Principles of Justice as a Critical Foundation in Moral Realism -- 6 Marx as a Critic of Liberalism -- 7 Marx, Modernity and Human Rights -- 8. Last of the Schoolmen: Natural Law and Social Justice in Karl Marx -- PART 3: Toward a Theory of Marxist Ethics -- 9 Philosophical Foundations for a Marxian Ethics -- 10 Political Economy with Perfectionist Premises: Three Types of Criticism in Marx -- 11 G.A. Cohen and the Limits of Analytical Marxism -- 12 On the Ethical Contours of Thin Aristotelian Marxism -- 13 The Ethical Implications of Marx's Concept of a Post-Capitalist Society -- Index.

Constructing Marxist Ethics offers a series of compelling essays that reassess the role of ethics and moral values in Marxist theory and philosophy.


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Communist ethics.
Humanism.
Marx, Karl, -- 1818-1883.

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