PHIL 220 Lecture 2: MARX 1
16 Apr 2018
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Marx lecture 1: karl marx on alienation and social. Three contexts of alienation - 1) religion 2) politics 3) economics. To be human, is to have certain powers/capacities. Flourishing/good life is when we use our powers/capacities to the fullest and exercise them regularly. We have a concept of the self/ability to self-reflect. To labor, to create, to consciously select and pursue ends we have chosen. To cooperate with and sustain meaningful bonds and relationships with other people. Human beings are alienated from what makes them human. What is the human-essence/ the species-being: alienation in religion. Religion doesn"t cause alienation; it is a symptom of alienation. Entfremdung (alienation or estrangement); entausserung (externalization or alienation) Marx is mostly just talking about christianity in western. Religion is the holy form of human self estrangement (3, early. It implies that two things that belong together are torn apart.
