Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis - Studies in Critical Social Science, Volume 74

Bringing together leading Marxist thinkers from various fields, this important volume aims to lay the basis for a Marxist ethics.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

Bringing together leading Marxist thinkers from various fields, this important volume aims to lay the basis for a Marxist ethics.

Foreword

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Promotion to coincide with the annual American Sociological Association conference

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Product details

• Assisted by: Michael J. Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2016
• EAN: 9781608466412
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-641-2
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences; Studies in Critical Social Sciences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought