> 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.
>
> Individual self-interest doesn't get you there, though. As far as any one
individual is concerned, your material-reward-to-effort ratio is going to be
a lot higher trying to get into the ruling class than overthrowing them. You
can push out the boundaries of the self to include the community, of course,
but that encroaches on the territory of - gasp! - morality.