@article{ART002408281},
author={Kang Dong Won},
title={Marx and the Problem of Justice},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2018},
number={28},
pages={1-28},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kang Dong Won
TI - Marx and the Problem of Justice
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2018
VL - null
IS - 28
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 1
EP - 28
SN - 1975-1621
AB - This article discusses how Marx explained the capitalist society with regard to distributive justice. First, a reconstruction of the Tucker-Wood thesis, the proposition that capitalist exploitation is just, will be examined. According to the functional explanation of the concept of justice adopted by Marx, insofar as the capitalist distribution structure is adequate to the capitalist mode of production, that structure cannot be considered unjust. Second, the thesis of Husami, which is incompatible with the Tucker-Wood thesis and contends that Marx evaluates the capitalist exploitation as unjust, will be analyzed. According to Husami, if Marx’s own principles of justice, namely ‘distribution according to labor contribution’ and ‘distribution according to needs’, are applied to the capitalist mode of production, it follows that capitalism is an unjust system. This article indirectly advocates the Tucker-Wood thesis by showing that Husami’s two principles derived from Marx’s “Critique of the Gotha Programme” cannot be considered normative principles of justice. In addition, this article shows that the defense of the Tucker-Wood thesis implies a critique of the assumption that the ‘circumstances of justice’ are permanent conditions of human life. Marx’s critique of capitalism cannot be understood as a normative critique which appeals to moral criterions. It is rather a historical materialistic criticism calling for historical transformation of social conditions itself that requires a certain norm as justice.
KW - Karl Marx;Distributive justice;Ethics;Political Philosophy;Circumstances of Justice;Tucker-Wood thesis
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
ER -
Kang Dong Won. (2018). Marx and the Problem of Justice. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 28, 1-28.
Kang Dong Won. 2018, "Marx and the Problem of Justice", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.28, pp.1-28. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
Kang Dong Won "Marx and the Problem of Justice" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 28 pp.1-28 (2018) : 1.
Kang Dong Won. Marx and the Problem of Justice. 2018; 28 : 1-28. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
Kang Dong Won. "Marx and the Problem of Justice" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.28(2018) : 1-28.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
Kang Dong Won. Marx and the Problem of Justice. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 28, 1-28. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
Kang Dong Won. Marx and the Problem of Justice. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2018; 28 1-28. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
Kang Dong Won. Marx and the Problem of Justice. 2018; 28 : 1-28. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
Kang Dong Won. "Marx and the Problem of Justice" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.28(2018) : 1-28.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2018..28.001
