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Is Marxism ‘ethical’?
The answer to the question is an emphatic Yes, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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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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Class struggle is the motor of history but the direction and detail of change at any time and place is the outcome of many factors, suggests the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Dignity is important to all humans, argues the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School, but it does not come about automatically. In a less than perfect world, dignity can accompany suffering, but the collective dignity of working people is achieved through acting together to change the world.
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School