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This book traces the development of Marx's ethics as they underwent various shifts and changes during different periods of his thought. In his early writings, his ethics are based on a concept of essence much like Aristotle's which Marx tries to link to a principle of universalization similar to Kant's `categorical imperative'. In the period 1845-6 Marx abandoned this view, holding morality to be incompatible with his historical materialism. In the later writings Marx is less of a determinist, a
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kain, Philip J., 1943-
- Publisher
- Oxford: Clarendon Press ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198239321
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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