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Is Marxism ‘ethical’?
The answer to the question is an emphatic Yes, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY

ETHICS (also known as moral philosophy) deals with the principles which guide or should guide human behaviour — of an individual or group. Marxism is often accused of ignoring ethics in favour of a materialist, “scientific” view of society which avoids moral questions altogether. 

But the contrary is the case. Marxism is, or rather provides the basis for, a system of ethics which is superior to most others. 

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