Marxist Ethics This essay explores the idea of whether or not there are 'ethics' in marxism
Date Submitted: 12/04/2004 15:07:07
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 14 pages (3780 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 14 pages (3780 words)
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote a lot of books. So many, in fact, that International Publishers offers a 50 volume collection of their complete works. Be this as it may, as a couple of philosophers they wrote very little on the subject of ethics. There is no direct explanation or definition of a "Marxist ethics", and the brief references to morals and ethics are limited. Many critics take this to mean that ethics in Marxism …
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