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Book SynopsisThe interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of morality and, on the other, the obvious way in which his world-view reflects substantive moral judgments. In this book R. G. Peffer tackles the challenges of finding in Marx's work an implicit moral theory, of
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*ONE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARX'S MORAL PERSPECTIVE, pg. 35*TWO. CONSEQUENTIALIST INTERPRETATIONS OF MARX, pg. 80*THREE MARX'S THEORIES OF FREEDOM AND EXPLOITATION: A RECONSTRUCTION AND DEFENSE, pg. 115*FOUR "MARXIST ALPHANUTAUIOTA-MORALISMU": A CRITIQUE, pg. 169*FIVE. MARXISM AND MORAL HISTORICISM, pg. 212*SIX. MORALITY AND IDEOLOGY, pg. 236*SEVEN. MARXISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, AND MORAL OBJECTIVITY, pg. 268*EIGHT. MARXIST CRITIQUES OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTS, pg. 317*NINE. MARXIST AND LEFTIST OBJECTIONS TO RAWLS' THEORY OF JUSTICE: A CRITICAL REVIEW, pg. 361*TEN. TOWARD AN ADEQUATE MARXIST MORAL AND SOCIAL THEORY, pg. 416*APPENDIX. STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARX'S THOUGHT, pg. 461*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 465*INDEX, pg. 507
