The only similarity between Marx and Kierkegaard – other than their disagreement with Hegel – is that they both find Hegel apathetic. As Kierkegaard summarized in Either/Or, and as Marx exemplifies in his many writings, one must either resign oneself to inaction for the greater good or commit oneself to action regardless of the consequences. Hegel, they argue, is committed to the first hypothesis. He resigns himself to universal ethics, acting for the greater good at the expense of the individual. Here Kierkegaard and Marx distance themselves from Hegel. Kierkegaard believes that the believer must act as an individual in a relationship with God. Marx believes that the individual, acting in concert with other like-minded individuals, is the key to implementing the Bloody Revolution and working towards the paradise of workers. Hegel's contempt for the individual is the source of Marx and Kierkegaard's disenchantment with Hegel's philosophy. Kierkegaard suggests that Hegel, in his essence, understands only the nature of man, or at least the nature of faith, which is in a constant state of moral uncertainty. He illustrates the state of man with various analogies to Abraham's sacrifice of Issacus in “Fear and Trembling,” suggesting that Abraham should be considered a murderer because he would kill his son, or a man of faith because he had obeyed God unswervingly . Kierkegaard writes: “I return, however, to Abraham. Before the result, either Abraham was a murderer every minute, or we find ourselves faced with a paradox that is higher than any mediation" (Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, 51). He states that while ethics are universal, the individual having a personal relationship with God takes on greater importance than would be the case with Gies... middle of paper... im, nor explain or rationalize the will to God while in faith. While Marx finds Hegel's apathy towards the workers' struggle frustrating. Hegel's contempt for physical being and objective nature is the cause of Marx's disenchantment with Hegel. Marx also recognizes the need for the individual as a utility to initiate the Bloody Revolution. Without the individual, the secular Giest has no foundation. Works Cited Marx, Karl. "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy in General." marxists.org. marxists.org, 10/19/2009. Network. March 26, 2010. Marx, Karl. "Manifesto of the Communist Party". marxists.org. marxists.org, 9/20/2009. Network. 26 March 2010. .Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and trembling. Denmark: 1863. 102. Print.