ABSTRACT
The realisation of one's own mortality and that of others in an authentic mode of Being-towards-death thus dissembles any indifference, showing "that my previous state of being was a mere facade". A shared fate, then, can bind mortals together in a 'thou-community of friends', thinks Marx; a community bound to each other in love, kindness and a just responsibility for others. The transformation from indifference to solidarity 'heals' the mortal wound of the shocking realisation that one is constantly dying; certain disaster cedes to the healing force. But such a healing can only be efficacious if one dwells in a concrete rather than temporary attunement of mortality. It is this healing force in the midst of shared mortality that Marx thinks can be a measure for someone who intends to act responsibly and which underpins one's whole Being. For Marx, death is an appropriating event which grants mortality to human.
