Publishing Guide

Upcoming Events

International | Anti-Capitalism

no events match your query!

New Events

no events posted in last week

Other Press

Anti-Capitalism

France Rises Up Against the New Fascism - Vaccine Passports 23:57 Jul 21 3 comments

George Floyd: one death too many in the “land of the free” 23:58 Jun 23 0 comments

The leveraged buyout, exploitation and punishment beating of Greece as warning to others. 11:45 May 11 0 comments

Red Banner issue 60 out now 13:18 Jun 22 0 comments

Red Banner issue 59 out now 17:46 Mar 28 0 comments

more >>

User Preferences

Feeds

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Human Rights in Ireland

Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

Why Are We Importing the Democrats? ?Sanctuary Cities?? Wed Jun 25, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Join the dots, follow the money. Sadiq Khan is Co-Chair of C40 Cities. Mike Bloomberg is President of the Board, and also UN climate envoy. The UN partners with C40 Cities. It's all making sense, says Charlotte Gill.
The post Why Are We Importing the Democrats’ ‘Sanctuary Cities’? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

News Round-Up Wed Jun 25, 2025 01:12 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Electric Cars Crash in Value With Some Worth Just a Third of Original Price After One Year Tue Jun 24, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Electric cars are crashing in value with some worth as little as a third of their original price after just 12 months.
The post Electric Cars Crash in Value With Some Worth Just a Third of Original Price After One Year appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lucy Connolly Being ?Manhandled? in Prison, Says Richard Tice Following Visit Tue Jun 24, 2025 17:14 | Will Jones
Lucy Connolly has been mistreated by prison officers who have handcuffed her, "manhandled her without provocation" and stripped her of privileges, Reform Deputy Leader Richard Tice has said after visiting her today.
The post Lucy Connolly Being “Manhandled” in Prison, Says Richard Tice Following Visit appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

The Kabuki Theatre of Trump?s Ceasefire Tue Jun 24, 2025 15:16 | Tilak Doshi
Trump had to appear to have imposed a ceasefire. Israel had to respond to Iran's breach. Iran had to save face. The events of the last 24 hours resemble a kabuki theatre of carefully choreographed roles, says Tilak Doshi.
The post The Kabuki Theatre of Trump’s Ceasefire appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network

Voltaire, international edition

Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Marx and Morality

international | anti-capitalism | opinion/analysis

Sunday January 10, 2016 10:22

by Paddy Hackett

Report this post to the editors

Is Marxist morality materialist?

Marx's morality is not materialist

Exploitation of labour power and alienation are the twin basis for the rejection of capitalism. The rejection of capitalism on this basis is a moral rejection of capitalism by Marxism. Exploitation and alienation are moral facts.

The moral rejection of capitalism is therefore based on intuitionism. This is because Marxism intuitively rejects both exploitation and alienation on moral grounds. In other words Marxism is morally opposed to exploitation and alienation because human intuition posits them as morally wrong.

Marxism, therefore, is a morality based on intuitionism. It does not, therefore, constitute a materialist morality.

The only materialist argument is one based on evolutionary psychology. Within this context it might be argued that the rejection of exploitation and alienation by Marxism is a product of human evolution. In other words hard wired into the brain is a rejection of exploitation and alienation. Given that such a rejection would have to be a product of a particular evolution that took place in the Stone Age it is hardly likely that such a cognitive adaptation took place. This is the only argument possible, in my view, for an acceptable materialist theory of Marxist morality. However, in my view, it hardly makes for a plausible theory.

Add Your Comments >>

printable version

with comments

atom feed of comments

rss feed of comments

RSS and atom feeds allow you to keep track of new comments on particular stories. You can input the URL's from these links into a rss reader and you will be informed whenever somebody posts a new comment.

Digg this

Furl

Reddit

Gab

Twitter

save preference

Comments (1 of 1)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Of course	Mike Novack	Sat Jan 16, 2016 22:07

Add Your Comments >>

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy