Marx's Political Universalism

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    Abstract

    My main aim in this paper is to arrive at a defensible form of Marxian or socialist political universalism through a critical examination of Marx's own political universalism. In the next section, I will outline several moral errors that Walzer ascribes to political universalism, including Marx's, and show that Walzer largely misdirects his criticisms because what primarily accounts for Marx committing the errors is his Hegelian metaphysical conception of history, not his political universalism as such.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalScholarship and Professional Work - LAS
    Volume15
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 1 1996

    Keywords

    • Marxian
    • political universalism
    • socialist

    Disciplines

    • Ethics and Political Philosophy
    • Philosophy

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