Health, Wealth, Freedom

As has been previously discussed, the essence of Marx's argument against Smith's system is Moral--that Health is a higher Good than Wealth. Perhaps because of the difficulty in countering that comparison, more recent Capitalists have shifted their Moral focus to the 'freedom' to pursue personal profit. However, the effectiveness of that alternative defense depends on the premise that such perceived 'freedom' is necessarily independent of any prior conditioning, the questionability of which has been previously discussed here. So, the Marxian Moral challenge to Capitalism remains unmet.