Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction


PART I: MARXIST HUMANISM AND ETHICAL MODELS

1. The Marxian Roots of Radical Humanism
Lawrence Wilde

2. The Idea of the “Struggle for Recognition” in the Ethical Thought of the Young Marx and its Relevance Today
Tony Burns

3. Political Economy and the Normative: Marx on Human Nature and the Quest for Dignity
Lauren Langman and Dan Albanese

4. Art as Ethics: The Aesthetic Self
Ian Fraser


PART II: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RIGHTS AND JUSTICE

5. Reclaiming Marx: Principles of Justice as a Critical Foundation in Moral Realism
Wadood Y. Hamad

6. Marx as a Critic of Liberalism
Sean Sayers

7. Marx, Modernity and Human Rights
Bob Cannon

8. Last of the Schoolmen: Natural Law and Social Justice in Karl Marx
George E. McCarthy


PART III: TOWARD A THEORY OF MARXIST ETHICS

9. Philosophical Foundations for a Marxian Ethics
Michael J. Thompson

10. Political Economy with Perfectionist Premises: Three Types of Criticism in Marx
Christoph Henning

11. G.A. Cohen and the Limits of Analytical Marxism
Paul Blackledge

12. On the Ethical Contours of Thin Aristotelian Marxism
Ruth Groff

13. The Ethical Implications of Marx’s Concept of a Post-Capitalist Society
Peter Hudis

Index

Modern Capitalism began the 21st Century seemingly victorious as the dominant social and economic organizing principle in the world. Rampant re- and de-regulation accompanied a wholesale attack on social, economic and political gains of the prior century under the guise of increasing competitiveness and the need to respond to the forces of globalization. The end of the cold war, the decline of the former Soviet Union, and the increasing foothold of capitalism in China all point to an unchallenged reorientation of the global political economy to reflect this ascendence of capitalist social relations.

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