本书试图从“历史的观点”对马克思的道德理论做出解释。这种解释首先立足于清晰地梳理有关马克思道德理论阐释的思想史，以证明对历史唯物主义的理解严重影响着对马克思道德理论的判断和评价。同时，当代中国马克思主义哲学界对历史唯物主义在马克思哲学中地位和作用的深刻理解也开拓了马克思道德理论研究的新思路。马克思成熟的唯物史观不仅体现了对历史规律的科学表达，也体现了一种不同以往的生存论哲学解释原则和全新的人道主义。历史唯物主义为我们提供了一种在历史中解释现实的人及其活动的独特视角，这不仅是我们消解所谓的“马克思道德悖论”的立足点，也为当代伦理学研究提供了全新的理论立场。

This book attempts to explain Marx's moral theory from a "historical point of view." This interpretation is first based on a clear combing of the intellectual history of the interpretation of Marx's moral theory, so as to prove that the understanding of historical materialism seriously affects the judgment and evaluation of Marx's moral theory. At the same time, the profound understanding of the status and role of historical materialism in Marxist philosophy in contemporary Chinese Marxist philosophy has also opened up new ideas for the study of Marx's moral theory. Marx's mature materialist view of history not only embodies the scientific expression of historical laws, but also embodies a different principle of survivalist philosophical interpretation and a completely new humanism. Historical materialism provides us with a unique perspective on the people and their activities that explain reality in history, which is not only a foothold for us to dissolve the so-called "Marx's moral paradox", but also provides a new theoretical position for contemporary ethical research.（AI翻译）