Marx's Criticism and Transcendence of Lassallean Concept of Dis-tributive Justice——An Analysis of Critique of the Gotha Programme from the perspective of Political Philosophy
In Critique of the Gotha Programme,Marx clarified his concept of justice based on the principle of historicism by criticizing the Lassallean concept of distributive justice,thus paving the way for the development of human's free personality and the fulfillment of self-value.In response to Lassalleanism's opportunistic and erroneous idea of distributive justice as the goal of the socialist revo-lution,Marx profoundly criticized Lassalleanism's proposition of achieving the goal of fair social distri-bution by taking labor ownership as the theoretical basis and making equal rights the principle.Marx's concept of justice is based on the theory that the mode of production determines the mode of distribu-tion,which clarifies that distribution according to work and distribution according to needs are two forms to achieve justice in the initial and advanced stage of communism respectively.Through Marx's critical analysis of the Lassallean concept of distributive justice,three principles of distribution can be summarized:the principle of rights,the principle of contribution and the principle of needs,which shows the process of historical development and sublation of the principle of justice at different stages.An in-depth exploration of Marx's criticism of the Lassallean concept of distributive justice and its theoretical transcendence from the perspective of political philosophy is needed.It is not only an inevi-table requirement for a deeper understanding and grasp of the true essence of Marx's concept of jus-tice,but also conducive to overcoming the methodological flaws and theoretical limitations of analyzing Marxism and reconstructing Marx's concept of justice and eliminating the negative impact on the dia-lectical implications of Marx's concept of justice.
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