The Research Of The Ethics Thought Of Marx In“Rheinische Zeitung”

Marx has never written any ethical “work”, but his ethical thought still plays as an important part in his whole thought and has its own historical processes of happening and developing. Marx’s early ethical thought is the beginning and the logic start of Marx Ethical Thought. The development of the early Marx Ethical Thought is a process filling with puzzled, exploration and introspection. “Rheinische Zeitung” period is the indispensable time in the development of the early Marx Ethical Thought. In this period, great change occurs in the mode of thinking of Marx with revolutions, which has laid the important foundation of the formation of Marx Ethical Thought’s theoretical trait.From a pure sense of time, “Rheinische Zeitung” period is the period from April 1842 to Mar 1843 when Marx writes a draft for Rheinische Zeitung newspaper office. It seems that marking his experience in this year as “a period” is too exaggerated to describe Marx’s life as a “grand narrative”, let alone the general narrative object. However, according to the developing process of Marx Ethical Thought, Marx’s life experience in “Rheinische Zeitung” period is indeed a significant stage for the development of Marx Ethical Thought. The progress of Marx’s thought in this period in not the result of personal purely speculation, but the combination of historical background, personal experience and the extract and purify of his thought. These have made Marx Ethical Thought outstanding, and also provide important reference to define “Rheinische Zeitung” period.In general, Marx Ethical Thought during “Rheinische Zeitung” period is still keeping the idea of enlightenment ethics thought. He used to criticize the Prussia’s autocratic rule and oppose to the feudal and religious power which damage and depress people with the values of rationality, freedom and so on. However, after facing with many material benefits problems in real life, Marx began to go out from the enlightenment and Hegel’s speculative philosophy and explored the relationship of morality and benefits in actual world. He found the antagonistic root of antithesis between ethical basis and moral motivation, and then established the value standpoint which is judged by a moral standers that compromise to the interests of the masses of poor laborers. This works in concert with his later value position of proletariat and later value goal of complete liberation of human.These are major performances of Marx’s sublation to initiatory ethics thought. In the early stage of “Rheinische Zeitung” period, Marx still believes in the spirit of enlightenment ethics. Combining practical matters, he proposes those viewpoints which are colored by enlightenment ethics like “mental freedom is the human nature”, “morality is an independent sacred realm ” and “the basis of morality is the self-discipline of the human spirit”. However, after facing with many realistic benefits problems in the late working time of “Rheinische Zeitung” period, Marx introspects the enlightenment ethical thought, which is reflected on his viewpoints that “people have right to publish”, his initial doubt of Hegel’s rationalism state outlook and his preliminary findings of Material interests. With the deep contact to material benefits problems in real life, he finds the close relationship between morality and benefits. Marx discovers the interests problem behind the Check of Books, the interests contradiction behind press freedom, and the private interest orientation hiding behind laws. He also realizes deeply the inalienable relationship between moral and benefits after clarifying the interest between in reality. When “Rheinische Zeitung” is sealed, Marx goes back to study from society and concentrates himself on researches. He has a breakthrough in understanding on the relationship between moral and benefit. This is a Ariadne’s thread that helps Marx to found the historical materialism and frees himself from historical idealism. After confirming that profit was the basis of moral, Marx sees that moral disagreements in real life are all basis on private interests. However, he believes that the real morality should be built on the moral judgment basis of the masses of poor laborers’ interests rather than the private interests. Countries’ and social institutions should also reflects the interests of the people. This indicates the preliminary establishment of Marx Moral Values.It can be seen that, during “Rheinische Zeitung” period, Marx Ethical Thought is miscellaneous, but its transmutation is obvious. The theoretical characteristics of Marx Ethical Thought are formed preliminarily and the research methods of ethics are established basically. Marx’s unique character of ethical thought are clearing the morality’s realistic basis and preliminarily defining his own moral values. Thinking about moral origins and true nature problem basically, confirming moral value target preliminarily and forming ethics research methods originally are performances of the building-up of the theory field of Marx Ethical Thought.Generally speaking, the working experience in “Rheinische Zeitung” newspaper office offers an important opportunity for the changes of Marx Ethical Thought and helps to lay a foundation for the peculiarity of Marx Ethical Thoughts. It also sows the seed for his later discussion of all moral issues. It is said that Marx Ethical Thought cannot be formed and developed without “Rheinische Zeitung” period.