[lbo-talk] Blue Dogs cashing in

[c b]

Marx is also an amoralist for the following reason: morality concerns
judging action that impacts that interests of _other_ people not the
self-interests of the actor. Marx is trying to get the working class,
working class individuals, to take action in their own self-interest.
Marx does not appeal to the working class to revolt against the
immorality of the ruling class, but to act in its own self-interest ,
which is an amoral motive.

In  my opinion, Marx does hold that the ruling class exploitation and
oppression of the ruled class are wicked ,lbecause they have a bad
impact on the ruled class' individuals' interests. But he does not try
to get the working class to act because of this ruling class
wickedness. He appeals to a non-moral motive: self-interest.

Charles