Constructing Marxist Ethics

Critique, Normativity, PRAXIS
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-25414-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

Does Marxism possess an ethical impulse? Is there a moral foundation that underpins the Marxist critique of capitalism and the vision for social progress? The essays collected in Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis argue that there is such an ethical grounding for Marxist theory. The essays, each from different vantage points, construct what a Marxian ethics should look like: what kind of values should be at the heart of the Marxian enterprise.

Contributors are Dan Albanese, Paul Blackledge, Bob Cannon, Tony Burns, Ian Fraser, Ruth Groff, Wadood Hamad, Christoph Henning, Peter Hudis, Lauren Langman, George E. McCarthy, Sean Sayers, Michael J. Thompson, and Lawrence Wilde.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Thompson, Michael J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction

PART I: MARXIST HUMANISM AND ETHICAL MODELS

1. The Marxian Roots of Radical Humanism
Lawrence Wilde

2. The Idea of the “Struggle for Recognition” in the Ethical Thought of the Young Marx and its Relevance Today
Tony Burns

3. Political Economy and the Normative: Marx on Human Nature and the Quest for Dignity
Lauren Langman and Dan Albanese

4. Art as Ethics: The Aesthetic Self
Ian Fraser

PART II: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RIGHTS AND JUSTICE

5. Reclaiming Marx: Principles of Justice as a Critical Foundation in Moral Realism
Wadood Y. Hamad

6. Marx as a Critic of Liberalism
Sean Sayers

7. Marx, Modernity and Human Rights
Bob Cannon

8. Last of the Schoolmen: Natural Law and Social Justice in Karl Marx
George E. McCarthy

PART III: TOWARD A THEORY OF MARXIST ETHICS

9. Philosophical Foundations for a Marxian Ethics
Michael J. Thompson

10. Political Economy with Perfectionist Premises: Three Types of Criticism in Marx
Christoph Henning

11. G.A. Cohen and the Limits of Analytical Marxism
Paul Blackledge

12. On the Ethical Contours of Thin Aristotelian Marxism
Ruth Groff

13. The Ethical Implications of Marx’s Concept of a Post-Capitalist Society
Peter Hudis

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. Thompson, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science, William Paterson University, USA.