Marxist Ethics: A Short Exposition

In a new millenium, and a much-changed world, Prof. Truitt contributes an informative and thought-provoking exposition on ethics and Marxism. An Introduction is followed by seven Chapters: I. Marx's Early Moralism II. The Debate about Marx's Moral Standpoint and the Question of Determinism III. Value, Interest, and Ideology IV. Needs, Rights, and the Individual V. The Intersection of Morality, Politics and the Arts VI. Why Mainstream Anglo-American Philosophy Fails to Deal with Marxism as a Significant Moral Perspective VII. Ethics After Communism: Some Approaches to Ethics in the Former Soviet Union. Summer 2004.