Tags: Philosopher.
Harry Burrows Acton (1908–1974) was a British academic in the field of political philosophy known for books defending the morality of capitalism and attacking Marxism-Leninism. He in particular produced arguments on the incoherence of Marxism which he described as a ‘farrago’ (in philosophical terms). His book The Illusion of the Epoch in which this appears is a standard point of reference. Other interests were the Marquis de Condorcet Hegel John Stuart Mill Herbert Spencer F. H.