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Kymlicka, Will Contemporary Political Philosophy 2002 p.192 Book Kymlicka Citations, On Marx on Alienation
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Contemporary Political Philosophy

by Kymlicka, Will (2002)

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the issue is not whether unalienated labour is a good, but whether it is an overriding good, a good which is necessary to any decent life, and which outweighs in value all competing goods. I see no reason to think unalienated labour is such a good. (p.192)

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