The Kantian Critique of Marx’s Property Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20510836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard Williams (0000-0003-3510-6852), H Bruce Williams (0000-0002-4621-7606, Cardiff University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kantian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1369415425100976 |
| OpenAlex | W4416167763 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Although not explicitly a socialist, in his political philosophy Kant provides arguments that can be deployed by socialists to argue for radically different forms of social and economic organisation. In this article I contrast Karl Marx’s criticism of capitalist property relations with the general theory of property which Kant outlines in his Doctrine of Right. I demonstrate that Kant’s concept of property provides a sounder ethical basis for the regulating and reform of capitalist economic organisations than Marx’s historical materialist view of economic and social development. Kant’s theory of property relations may fall short of Marx’s in terms of the sociological and historical insights it affords but Kant’s theory more than makes up for this is with its greater moral and political astuteness
Criticism · Doctrine · Historical materialism · Materialism · Political philosophy · Politics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |