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Title

The politics of character development : a Marxist reappraisal of the moral life / Kit R. Christensen.

Author

Christensen, Kit Richard

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

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Description

viii, 137 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions in philosophy, 0084-926X ; no. 52

Uniform Title

Contributions in philosophy ; no. 52.

Subject

• Communist ethics
• Moral development
• Personality development
• Philosophy, Marxist

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Historical Materialism and Moral Evaluation. Sect. I. Morality as Ideology. Sect. II. Contextualism and the Viability of Marxist Ethics. Sect. III. The Question of Moral Progress -- Ch. 2. A Marxist Approach to Moral Character. Sect. I. Contextualist Moral Judgment and Consequentialism. Sect. II. Marxist Philosophical Anthropology. Sect. III. Virtue Ethics, Human Flourishing, and Class Analysis -- Ch. 3. Moral Education and the Chances for Radical Social Change. Sect. I. Americanism, Atomism, and Alienation. Sect. II. Beneath the Surface: Current Emancipatory Possibilities. Sect. III. Successful Moral Education and the Good Person -- Ch. 4. Concluding Problematic: The Search for Moral Exemplars.

ISBN

0313292132 (alk. paper)

LCCN

93044512

OCLC

ocm29518719

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Columbia University Libraries