Moral and Ethical Considerations in Karl Marx's Robust Vision of the Future Society

Abstract

In several previous papers, the present author has examined Marx's view of the future, post‐capitalist society, but without systematic consideration of moral or ethical issues (Elliott, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986; Elliott and Scott, 1986). In recent papers, moral and ethical dimensions of Marx's critique of capitalist society have been studied (Elliott, 1986a, 1987). This article endeavours to link and synthesise these two lines of inquiry by expressly identifying moral and ethical aspects of Marx's vision of the future society and connecting those considerations to his socio‐economic and socio‐historical perspective on capitalism.

Citation

Elliott, J.E. (1987), "Moral and Ethical Considerations in Karl Marx's Robust Vision of the Future Society", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 14 No. 10, pp. 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014085