rn man who is alienated because of economic inequality. The third state of man is the fulfilled man in the communist society. Marx sees private property and its acquisition as the major problem corrupting society. Marx does not allow for the notion that man’s nature may be something other than perfect and naturally good. He cannot the accept the idea that capitalism may be a natural outgrowth of man’s human nature. Instead, Marx hopes to transform human selfishness into altruism by removing from man, the opportunity to have anything to be selfish over. Marx was an atheist and a materialist. He believed that religion was based on superstition or myths. His philosophy was that God is not separate from this world- that nothing exists but this world. If you asked Marx; “What is God?” His response would have been something like this; “God is something we made and we are not even aware we made it.” With Marx came the concept of alienation. Man’s sense of being cut off from his spiritual well being is alienation. The sense of not being whole, not knowing what is missing or why is alienation. The sense of something lacking is alienation. Alienation is all part of human conditioning and according to Marx, alienation is getting worse due to capitalism.The Existentialist view is that man just exists, that he has no purpose. The Rational view of human nature is that man is a rational being whose reason should rule over his body, desires and emotions. The Greeks view on human nature is that only man has the ability to reason and understand the purpose of life, while the Judeo-Christian view is two fold: to love and serve God. These two purposes are open to all mankind no matter what level of understanding they may possess. In the Christian view, those who refuse to love and serve god are committing the greatest sin. St. Augustine emphasized the notion of a will. Man’s will is the ability to choose betw...
