Marxist Ethical Theory in the Soviet Union
A survey of the intellectual history of Marxism through its several phases and various national adaptations suggests, for any of at least three reasons, that the attempt to provide a widely acceptable summary of 'Marxist ethics' must be an enterprise with little prospect of success. First,...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1978, 1978
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1978 |
| Series: | Sovietica
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- One / Marxism and Ethical Theory: A Brief History
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Feuerbachian and Marxian humanism
- 3. Engels, Kautsky, and neo-Kantian ethical theory
- 4. Marx and Hegelian ethical theory
- Two / Soviet Philosophy: The Ambiguous Inheritance of Materialism
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Feuerbachian materialism as a critique of Hegel
- 3. Marxian naturalism and materialism
- 4. Engels, Plekhanov, and Lenin on dialectical materialism
- 5. Dialectical materialism and the critique of dialectical idealism in Soviet thought
- Three / The Origins of Soviet Ethical Theory
- Four / Ethical Theory and its Object, Morality
- 1. Morality as an aspect of social consciousness
- 2. The science of ethics and its object
- 3. Universal norms and class norms of morality
- Five / Discussions of Value Theory in Soviet Marxism
- 1. The origins of the discussion and the distinction of value from fact
- 2. Analyses of value
- 3. Value judgments and truth
- 4. Good and evil
- 5. Conclusion: Soviet theories of value and metanormative naturalism
- Six / Society and the Individual
- 1. Social utilitarianism
- 2. The concept of interest
- 3. Duty, responsibility, and freedom
- 4. Patriotism
- Seven/Historical Progress and Intrinsic Value
- 1. The problem of a criterion of progress in Soviet philosophy
- 2. The criterion of progress in Marx’s philosophy of history
- 3. Philosophy of history and cosmology in Marx
- 4. Cosmos and value, society and progress
- Eight / Soviet Criticisms of ‘Bourgeois’ Ethical Theory
- 1. Kantian ethics and Soviet deontological theories
- 2. The influence of Hegel on Soviet ethical theory
- 3. The critique of neopositivist ethical theory
- 4. The critique of existentialist ethical theory
- Nine / Conclusions
- References
- Selected Bibliography