Marxism Vs Classical Liberal Egalitarianism

Difference in economic systems has not only sparked debate between countries, but has also caused societies to engage in violent actions, such as war. Economic systems attempt to explain how a society should control their economy and are based on moral ideas. Classical liberalism, liberal egalitarianism, and Marxism have opposing views on inherent concepts within each economic system, which prevents any agreement on economic inequality or just distribution of resources between the three economic systems. Human nature is a main aspect of each economic system, but in classical liberalism, liberal egalitarianism and Marxism utilize this idea in opposing fashion. Classical liberals believe that individuals have natural rights that are granted
They reject the idea of natural rights being granted to a person at birth, but rather that rights stem from the society in which an individual is located within. Liberal egalitarians do believe in moral individualism, which is described by David Moellendorf as “moral duties owed to individuals” .
Within Marxism, there is a rejection of the idea of morality and Marx believes that moral theory distracts from the truth of society. Marxists believe that human nature is inevitably evil and leads to the corruption of markets through an insatiable need for money and power. This leads to, what Andrew Levine describes as “alienation of the workers from [their] product” . Marxists believe that history of societies has been driven by the forces of production, which are main factors in capitalist societies that Marx was
Classical liberalism and liberal egalitarianism emphasize the rights of individuals and the rights to own property, but disagree on whether the right to property is natural, which is seen in classical liberalism, or if the right to property is given to an individual through society, which is seen in liberal egalitarianism. Liberal egalitarianism and Marxism share key values concerning liberty and equality. Liberal egalitarians believe that justice is the most effective way to determine whether liberty or equality is a more important concept. Liberal egalitarians believe in inequality as long as the least advantaged individual is benefitting from the situation. Marxism takes a more extreme view on equality, as it wants all individuals to have equal resources, which is similar to liber