Socialism’s roots trace to ancient moral and ethical traditions

Evidence

In considering sociological phenomena, we thus find a hierarchy of relationships. This hierarchy can also be constructed from the viewpoint of ethical categories, although ethical categories are generally not very suitable points of departure for the convenient and complete isolation of sociological elements. The value-feelings with which we accompany the actions of individual wills fall into certain series. But the relation between these series, on the one hand, and constructs of forms of social relation according to objective-conceptual viewpoints, on the other, is completely fortuitous. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 295 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Marxism’s Eurocentric pattern originated in the earlier socialist tradition; A tradition’s view of the child’s moral nature determines its stance on corporal punishment — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4202; Marxism absorbed and incorporated preexisting national modes of thought rather than displacing them (+3 more)

Related

• Ethical value-schemes map fortuitously onto objective social forms (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Ethical value-schemes map fortuitously onto objective social forms #qualifies (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 295
• Marxism absorbed and incorporated preexisting national modes of thought rather than displacing them #expands (0.60)
• Marxism’s Eurocentric pattern originated in the earlier socialist tradition #expands (0.55)
• A tradition’s view of the child’s moral nature determines its stance on corporal punishment #exemplifies (0.50) — , The Rod and the Child, 4202