Comrade Marcel
20th February 2005, 20:10
We are pleased to announce the second curriculum of Marxism and Life
in Socialism.
Morals and Ethics
Sunday February 27th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
21 Sussex Ave.
Floor and Room number will be posted outside.
Morals and Ethics
Questions:
• Marxism and Morals: Contradiction?
• Materialism vs. Idealism - Morals and Ethics
• Proletarian vs. Bourgeois Morality
• Morals in relation to the socialist state
Readings:
Main:
1) Proletarian Morality--A Radical Rupture with Tradition's Chains -
http://www.rwor.org/margorp/a-morality.htm
2) On Communist Ethics -
http://www.marxists.org/archive/krupskaya/works/ethics.htm
3) E. Belfort Bax: The Ethics of Socialism -
http://marxists.org/archive/bax/1889/11/ethics.htm
Extra:
1) The Tasks of the Youth Leagues -
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/oct/02.htm
2) Ethical Marxism -
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/...ks/en/wilde.htm (http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/en/wilde.htm)
3) Is There a Marxian Ethic? By Bertell Ollman -
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/docs/ethic.php
Reference:
1) Encyclopedia of Marxism: Ethics -
http://marxists.org/glossary/terms/e/t.htm#ethics
2) Encyclopedia of Marxism: Morality -
http://marxists.org/glossary/terms/m/o.htm#morality
Please read as much of the main readings as possible, and read the
extra ones if you have time. The MIA encyclopedia can be used as
reference.
Try to take notes, and be prepared for a good discussion.
Even if you don't get the time to do the readings, please come
anyways if you are interested in participating in the discussion.
For more info: [email protected]
Four classes in the second curriculum.
Dates will be set at first class.
Next classes:
Science and Evolution
Education
Religion & Atheism
in Socialism.
Morals and Ethics
Sunday February 27th
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
21 Sussex Ave.
Floor and Room number will be posted outside.
Morals and Ethics
Questions:
• Marxism and Morals: Contradiction?
• Materialism vs. Idealism - Morals and Ethics
• Proletarian vs. Bourgeois Morality
• Morals in relation to the socialist state
Readings:
Main:
1) Proletarian Morality--A Radical Rupture with Tradition's Chains -
http://www.rwor.org/margorp/a-morality.htm
2) On Communist Ethics -
http://www.marxists.org/archive/krupskaya/works/ethics.htm
3) E. Belfort Bax: The Ethics of Socialism -
http://marxists.org/archive/bax/1889/11/ethics.htm
Extra:
1) The Tasks of the Youth Leagues -
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/oct/02.htm
2) Ethical Marxism -
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/...ks/en/wilde.htm (http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/en/wilde.htm)
3) Is There a Marxian Ethic? By Bertell Ollman -
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/docs/ethic.php
Reference:
1) Encyclopedia of Marxism: Ethics -
http://marxists.org/glossary/terms/e/t.htm#ethics
2) Encyclopedia of Marxism: Morality -
http://marxists.org/glossary/terms/m/o.htm#morality
Please read as much of the main readings as possible, and read the
extra ones if you have time. The MIA encyclopedia can be used as
reference.
Try to take notes, and be prepared for a good discussion.
Even if you don't get the time to do the readings, please come
anyways if you are interested in participating in the discussion.
For more info: [email protected]
Four classes in the second curriculum.
Dates will be set at first class.
Next classes:
Science and Evolution
Education
Religion & Atheism