ABSTRACT
Analytical Marxism is a movement that has arisen in response to the theoretical difficulties of standard Marxism and the less- than-ideal record of existing socialist governments. The members of the group, principally G. A. Cohen, Jon Elster, and John Roemer, propose to solve the theoretical problems of Marxism through reconstructing key elements of that theory by means of analytical philosophy and modern economics. The analytical Marxists agree with Marx that capitalism is exploitative. Cohen's work on the justice of capitalism has not been confined to the topic of workers' freedom. He has also sought to refute arguments that people have individual moral rights to own property. Finally, the alternative to capitalism most in favor among the analytical Marxists—that is, market socialism—is very far from being superior to free market capitalism. It is likely that most workers would find it rational to avoid an economic system that consisted mainly of cooperative firms.
