num_pages: 192
description: It is reported that the moment anyone talked to Marx about morality, he would roar with laughter. Yet, plainly, he was fired by outrage and a burning desire for a better world. This paradox is the starting point for Marxism and Morality . Discussing the positions taken by Marx, Engels, andtheir descendants in relation to certain moral issues, Steven Lukes addresses the questions on which Marxist thinkers and actors have taken a number of characteristic stands as well as other questions--personal relations and the moral virtues of the individual, for example--on which Marxism fallssilent. A provocative exploration of the gray area where Marxism and morality meet, this book argues that Marxism makes a number of major moral claims and that its appeal has always been, in large part, a moral one.
language: English
title: Marxism and Morality
titlecomplete: Marxism and Morality (Marxist Introductions)
genres: Politics, Philosophy
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Oxford University Press