EKPOMA REVIEW

The socio-political theory that Marx developed has substantial moral contents and pseudo moral principles; hence, his moral theory appears to; be; plausible; and; defensible The ;metaphysical; foundations; of Marxist; ethics; are; disjointed; and; scattered; through; his; writings especially his political, economic and social theories. In many of his works, he does not identify moral principles primarily as moral theory but rather in an implicit sense. The ontological hub of Marxist morality rests robustly on four basic pillars: correct understanding of human nature as a natural being, adequate knowledge about man as a social being, true knowledge of humans as transformers of their environment and understanding of humans as transformers of themselves through activity; and; productivity As; Rodney ;G Peffer; encapsulates; the background of Marxist morality, the moral perspective of Karl Marx is fundamentally; projected; through; three; primary; moral; values, “freedom; (as; self-determination),; human; community,; and; selfrealization, as well as some sort of principle demanding an egalitarian distribution of these goods, at least, the good of freedom.”1 As a matter of; fact,; we; clearly; see; that; Marxist; moral; evaluations; are; almost exclusively implicit and packaged into concepts like “'alienation'…as well as value-laden terms as 'impoverishment',…well-being,'debasement',; 'degradation',; 'domination', 'freedom',; 'enjoyment', 'satisfaction', 'servitude',… 'inhuman' etc.”2 A cursory look at Marxist various writings show that the moral values in the above quotation are not thoroughly developed and applied to his moral theory in a primary sense but rather in a supplementary style. Therefore, Marxist morality could; be; considered; as; hybridity; of; Hegelian; moral; idealism; and Kantian moral transcendental choice and will power. This is evident in his; commitment; to; the; value; of; human; community; as; previously divided; and; isolated; but; will; come; together; in; communism; where individual is anticipated to freely and amicably co-operate with others to control human productivity.

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