Abstract

Natural law is generally regarded as a part of bourgeoisie ideology in both Marx and Engels’ thought and accordingly by other Marxist thinkers. Ernest Bloch’s somewhat sympathetic approach to natural law is an exception that deserves to argue about and evaluate. According to Bloch, natural law has an unrealized ideal for human dignity. A radical natural law can be founded upon the not yet determined nature of human beings. For Bloch, human nature is not universal and a-historical but it is changing and future-oriented.