Marx's Ethics of Freedom [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 38 (1):115-116 (1984)
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The problem confronting any book on Marxist ethics is that Marx routinely ridiculed moral language as a species of ideology and those who used it as either self-deceived utopians or cynical apologists for the status quo. The discovery of historical materialism was for him both a principle of explanation or causation and a surrogate for moral norms. These difficulties notwithstanding, George G. Brenkert has written a lucid and intelligent book that tries to establish an ethical foundation for Marxism. The work is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the "meta-ethical" premises of Marx's beliefs; part two with Marx's substantive moral views; and part three evaluates these views in the light of contemporary moral theory.

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