The Metaphysics of Communism

Yuval Lurie

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9329.1990.tb00010.x

The Metaphysics of Communism

Yuval Lurie

Department of Philosophy

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Communism has many faces, and yet it also reduces to a single matter: the abolition of private property. For many, this alone is reason enough to oppose the establishment of a communist society. Do communists have any justification for their attempt to establish a society in which private property is to be abolished? I intend to discuss this question in only one limited context: in regard to the justification, if there is any, which serves Karl Marx in his work for the establishment of a communist society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-39
Number of pages	19
Journal	Ratio
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.1990.tb00010.x
State	Published - 1 Jan 1990

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