The Principles of Independent Anarchist Ethics in the Doctrine of Peter Kropotkin

Katarzyna Duda

Abstract


Kropotkin's philosophy is a creative modification of such ethical programs as individualism, nihilism, social Darwinism and naturalistic utilitarianism. His ethics convictions are completely free from religious assumptions. He suggested mutual help and cooperation for survival, because without solidarity of an individual and his species, animal world would neither develop, nor improve. Struggle for survival as defined by Kropotkin is the need for inner-species alliance, cooperation for survival. In this context, fight for survival should be understood as fight through cooperation, cooperation becomes a weapon.

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ethics, mutual aid, egalitarism, utopianism

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2015.14.73
Date of publication: 2015-10-02 13:13:37
Date of submission: 2015-10-02 12:07:09


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