Hidden Dimensions: Marx’s Health Thought in Das Kapital / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Marx’s health thought is implied in Das Kapital. Based on the concern for the health of the public health environment, Marx revealed the inherent contradiction of capitalist production through the presentation of public health crisis in capitalist society. Under the analysis of the background of the formation of Marx’s health thought, this paper explained and drew inspiration from four aspects of working class’s physical health, mental health, moral health, and family health, including the emphasis on social reality investigation and research, the need for everyone to maintain health justice, the essence of public health crisis being an institutional crisis, and all members of society should bear public ethical responsibilities.