[lbo-talk] Marx's Rejection of a Moral Critique of Capital

Eubulides paraconsistent at comcast.net
Sun Apr 15 11:11:26 PDT 2012


On 4/15/2012 10:49 AM, // ravi wrote:


> P.S: also from the above:
>
> "Much of Marx's description of capitalism — his use of the words ‘embezzlement’, ‘robbery’ and ‘exploitation’ — belie the official account. Arguably, the only satisfactory way of understanding this issue is, once more, from G.A. Cohen, who proposes that Marx believed that capitalism was unjust, but did not believe that he believed it was unjust. In other words, Marx, like so many of us, did not have perfect knowledge of his own mind. In his explicit reflections on the justice of capitalism he was able to maintain his official view. But in less guarded moments his real view slips out, even if never in explicit language. Such an interpretation is bound to be controversial, but it makes good sense of the texts."

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