Research On Steven Lukes’ New Marxist Morality

Morality always has the function of stabilizing social order and regulating interpersonal relations,and is regarded as the sum of behavioral principles and norms used to regulate interpersonal relations.So what is the meaning of morality? In addition to the dispute over the relations between Marxism and morality,are there any other views on the relationship between Marxism and morality? In this regard,contemporary analytical Marxist Steven Lukes started from the dispute about the relationship between Marxism and morality,starting from the existence of a "paradoxical contradiction" in Marxist morality,and clarified the basics of his Marxist morality.His position has constructed a new Marxist ethics.His interpretation of Marxist ethics provides us with a unique perspective for in-depth understanding of Marxist ethics.The formation of Lukes’ new Marxist morality is mainly affected by the new changes in contemporary Western politics,economy,and culture,as well as the morality of Marx,the morality of liberalism,the morality of utilitarianism,and the understanding and reference of analytical Marxism to the reconstruction and debate of Marxist moral theory.In Lukes’ view,first of all,Marxism is a kind of morality,He defines the core concepts in Marxist morality and analyzes the "paradoxical contradictions" in Marx and Marxist moral judgments.On the basis of affirming that Marxism is a kind of moral thought,innovatively proposed that there is a "paradoxical contradiction" in Marxist morality,that is,Marxism treats morality with a critical and faith coexisting attitude,and gives examples of this " Paradoxical contradictions" are demonstrated,and the key to solving this contradiction is to divide morality into morality of legal right and morality of liberation.Lukes interpreted the principles of justice and rights in the morality of legal right,the characteristics of capitalist exploitation,and the principles of freedom and liberation in the morality of liberation from the different dimensions of ideals and practices in Marxist morality,and by arguing about the relationship between purpose and means by Lukács and other scholars,he have reached a consistent conclusion about what the theory of Marxist morality is.In Lukes’ view,Marxist morality is a kind of thought about the purpose and result of behavior,and a long-term consequentialism theory of perfectionism.Lukes’ new Marxist morality is the enrichment and development of Marxist morality,and it is a unique interpretation of the relationship between Marxism and morality.The clarification of the concept of morality is conducive for us to face complex social phenomena and reflect on the problems of contemporary Chinese moral construction.His distinction between the morality of legal right and the morality of liberation affirmed the universality of morality and explained the particularity of morality,which provides a favorable moral theory reference for my country’s construction of a socialist society with Chinese characteristics and a community with a shared future for mankind.His analysis of the concepts of freedom,equality,justice,rights,and liberation provides important theoretical resources for the combination of the rule of law and rule of virtue in our country,the promotion of core socialist values,and the leading role of morality as an ideology.