File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1997/marxism-thaxis.9710, message 311


From: Dieter Dambiec <d.dambiec-AT-student.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: RE: M-TH: morality
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:59:29 +1000



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-----Original Message-----
From:	James Heartfield [SMTP:James-AT-heartfield.demon.co.uk]
>
>James H. says that Marx's moral goal is human development. I think this is
>too narrow a reading of Marx: he thought that developmenbt of human powers
>was a good, but I read this as a part of an explication his conception
>that _the_ good is freedom, understood in a rather complex way to include
>disalienation or self-realization as a compenent.
[>] 
I rather thought that human
development implied autonomy.
[>] 
In reply
[>]  The question arises, by what inspiration, by what strength, and towards which goal do human beings move? It has been observed that human movement is inspired by two ideas. Principle of Selfish Pleasure and Principle of Social Equality.
[>] 

[>]  The Principle of Selfish Pleasure rests on dogma. Human beings yield to this dogma with the sole intention of attaining selfish pleasures; even educated people knowingly submit to dogma. They know that they are surrendering their intellect to dogma, and that the outcome will be undesirable; they know and understand everything why, even then, do they knowingly submit to it?
[>] 
[>]  They think, "I don't care whether it does good or harm to others, because at last I have enjoyed some pleasure!" Being motivated by this idea, they enslave themselves to dogmas. In the civilized world, even educated people knowingly follow dogmas because they have a desire in the back of their minds to attain some mundane pleasure in this physical world. Even in this civilized world where so much progress has been made in the field of knowledge, people are still following these dogmas, as if they are blind. The snares of these dogmas have to be shattered to pieces; the iron prison gates of dogma will have to be crushed to dust.
[>] 
Any notion of women being inferior in potentiality and ability or creativity is dogma.  Physically they may be weaker then men but physical strength hardly counts these days.

[>]  We will not be able to move ahead if we compromise with all the disparities and inequalities of collective life. We 
[>]  should eradicate all these inequalities, while at the same time we move together towards our spiritual goal. The progress of all would be accelerated if the inequalities were uprooted, if this were the motivation behind our movement towards the Supreme, we may not attain selfish pleasure, but we will enjoy spiritual peace, and pure spiritual bliss in the realization of Cosmic Grace.
[>] 
So the endeavor to advance towards the ultimate reality by forming a society free from all inequalities, with everyone of the human race moving in unison, is called  [>]  The Principle of Social Equality.
[>] 
We must totally reject all those hypocritical ideas which are contrary to this, and we must welcome all those ideas which will help human beings to be established in it. All opposing theories must be removed mercilessly, just like thorns from our path. And in this process we must not give indulgence to any dogmas or supernatural ideas.
[>] 
This should be the task of the present human beings; all people should combine their efforts and strive unitedly to accomplish that end. It is futile to think of an individual's past--we must not discriminate whether one is black or white. We should only remember that we must establish ourselves in the ultimate reality, by forming a new social order based on  [>]  Social Equality.

When we have embraced the ideal of  [>]  Social Equality, when we have attained the physical strength, psychic intellect and spiritual wisdom to materialize it - should we not play a successful role to implement this noble and sublime ideal? Our coming to this earth and our remaining here, our every breath, every vibration of our existence - should this not attain supreme fulfillment? By utilizing all our physical, psychic and spiritual powers, should we not attain the pinnacle of human glory?
[>] 
PR Sarkar
31 December 1981, Anandanagar (The Liberation of Intellect--Neo-Humanism)


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