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Freedom and the Individual

In: Libertarian Communism

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  • Ernesto Screpanti

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In the previous chapters I first argued that there is a moralist Marx and a moralist Engels and that it is possible, albeit unwarranted, to interpret their theory of communism as founded on a universal philosophy of justice and human essence. I showed not only that the writings of the two revolutionaries are full of moral condemnations of capitalism, but also that in their early works they set out a solidarity ethic which is founded on a humanist ontology of the social being characterized by many a feature of an essentialist metaphysics. However I also argued that an amoralist Marx and an amoralist Engels exist, and that these should be our heroes, but not as economicist philosophers of history. I showed that they explicitly refuse to base their analysis of capitalism and their political positions on any moral philosophy or theory of justice, even an egalitarian one. Is it then true that a paradox emerges here as a consequence of a genuine contradiction of convictions (Geras, 1980, 6)?

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  • Ernesto Screpanti, 2007. "Freedom and the Individual," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Libertarian Communism, chapter 3, pages 61-106, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59647-4_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230596474_3
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