Morality

Morality from a communist viewpoint is based on general welfare, particularly that of the proletariat. Thus a bourgeoisie morality based on establishing and maintaining a capitalist mode of production is rejected, as are divine revelations (which, somehow, always seem to reinforce hierarchical power relationships).

External links and further reading

 * "Marxism, morality, and human nature: Marx rejected bourgeois morality in favor of an ethics of human emancipation" Phil Gasper Issue #82 March 2012 International Socialist Review
 * Steven Lukes, Marxism and Morality, Oxford University Press (August 1, 1985), hardcover, 208 pages