Some philosophers and economists have sought an ethical basis for the economy, to subordinate it to politics, and even to appeal for an approximation between Marx and Aristotle based on a theory of praxis. This article analyzes in what sense the Aristotelian concepts of action, production, act, and power influence Marx. It affirms, contrary to many moral philosophers, that it is Aristotle's investigations of the economy that are the basis of the criticism of political economy developed by Marx, while Aristotelian ethics and politics are only secondary to Marxian theory.
Marx; Aristotle; Ethics; Economy; Praxis