Question

Marx and Engels write, "What else does the history of ideas prove, than that intellectual production changes its character in proportion as material production changes? The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class." If this is true, then

a. Philosophy determines economics.

b. The charges against communism made from a religious and philosophical viewpoint are not worth considering.

c. The charges against communism made from a religious and philosophical viewpoint are worth considering.

d. Philosophy shapes the ruling class.

Answer 1

b. The charges against communism made from a religious and philosophical viewpoint are not worth considering.

Marx and Engels write, "What else does the history of ideas prove than that intellectual production changes its character in proportion as material production changes? The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class." If this is true, then the charges against communism made from a religious and philosophical viewpoint are not worth considering. This is largely because their ideas are the ideas of the ruling class which may not always be in the best interest of the working class.

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