AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF KARL MARX

Abstract

The objectives of this article were: 1) to study Karl Marx's biography and basic concept 2) to study Karl Marx's viewpoint about ethical philosophy and  communist society 3) to analyze the concepts and philosophies of Karl Marx. The study was found that Marx wanted to be a university lecturer but the government did not accept his idea and philosophy. He turned himself into a journalist and published to propagate his idea and philosophy with his friends. Karl Marx's concepts and philosophies concerned with substance, human being, function, condition and communism which were new and different from others. Marx proposed three theories of ethics: metaphysical theory, theory relating to social philosophy and economic theory. The analysis of Marx's ideas and philosophies was found that there were both in negative and positive sides. The negative side was that some of Marx's concepts and philosophies were more idealistic and difficult to follow. On the positive side, some of new approaches and the ways for people in the society to have more choices.