Last of the Schoolmen: Natural Law and Social Justice in Karl Marx

2015 ◽  
pp. 192-232
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Karl Marx

The Origins of “Social Justice” in the Natural Law Philosophy of Antonio Rosmini

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Kraynak
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
The Common

Abstract“Social justice” is a powerful idea today, but its origins and meaning are unclear. One of the first to use the term was Antonio Rosmini, author of The Constitution under Social Justice (1848) and other works of moral philosophy. I argue that Rosmini arrived at his idea of social justice by developing Thomistic natural law theory into a novel view of the common good that balances two principles: (1) the equal rights and dignity of persons as ends-in-themselves, a version of “personalism” influenced by Kant and Christianity; and (2) unequal rewards for those who contribute most to society, a version of Aristotelian “proportionalism” based on the social nature of man. I conclude by comparing Rosmini's idea of social justice to John Rawls's “theory of justice” and Catholic social teaching.

scholarly journals Economy, Law, and Politics; Choudhury’s Theories and Fundamental Utopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Muslimin
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Class Consciousness ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Political Foundations

Masudul  Alam Choudhury agrees that fundamental thinking to construct a new knowledge base is needed when scientific and social conditions tend to be closed and monopolistic. The construction is expected to be able to dismantle the structural veil to find an alternative foundation and format that can be expected to realize social justice. For this reason, law, economics, and social paradigm can be effective instruments. In contrast to Choudhury, Karl Marx emphasized the existence of a new, rational-material awareness that dimensioned an economic struggle based on class consciousness, historical dialectics and materialism as the choice of objectives above. This awareness can be grown contextually, by moving the oppressed to demand equality. So the legal, economic and political foundations can change. While Choudhury focuses more on the transcendental dimension of the divine (tauhid paradigm) which is interpreted comprehensively and totally to dismantle the legal, economic and social order. Thus, the legal, economic and political infrastructure rests on fairness and productivity that remains competitive. The values that are in the divine foundation are arranged in the building of law and ethics (morals) to be integrated into the institution towards the desired reconstruction. However, Choudhury’s ideas remain normative and fail to be translated. It is too utopian.

scholarly journals About the rights with which we are born: The radical natural law and the social justice from K. Marx up to neoliberalism

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-174
Author(s):  
Todor Kuljic
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Legal Norm ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hierarchical Position

The natural law is a overempiric law that does not owe his dignity to the legal norm than to the intrinsic qualities of a human being. This paper presents a different hierarchical position of the natural law in the critics of capitalism from K. Marx to our days and its different intonation as a superpositive framework of justice. One should analytically differentiate between (1) theoretical search for social justice in the philosophy of the natural law (K.Marx, M.Weber, G.Radbruch, L.Strauss, E.Bloch, Lj.Tadic) and (2) empirical identification of power relations that allowed or hindered social justice in the reality. The paper provides analysis of historically different relationships between positive and radical natural law in both the compressed 20th century epochal conscience and today?s neoliberal one. In addition, it compares role of the natural law in capitalism and socialism and differentiates between social justice from above and social justice from below. The first one is gratuitous, paternalistic and limited, the second one is radical and has to be conquered. Radical natural law should express itself as a fully developed social justice liberated from capitalism. Critic of social unjustice from the viewpoint of natural law has no practical effects in our days, and in spite of it, it is not anachronistic.

scholarly journals KRITIK TERHADAP SISTEM EKONOMISOSIALIS DAN KAPITALIS

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
M. Sholahuddin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
New Synthesis ◽  
Economic Ideology ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
David Ricardo

The failure of economic capitalism system stated by Adam Smith (1723-1790) and David Ricardo (1772-1823) actually have been criticized by Karl Marx (1818-1883) in his book "A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy" (1857) and "A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy" (1859). Karl Marx and Engels compile a new synthesis of economic socialist system. Stranger enough, socialism particularly as economic ideology is destroyed earlier than Capitalism. Meanwhile, capitalism still survives by transforming performance. For examples, at the time of the glory of Socialism age, capitalism was transformed into socialism state with social justice and welfare state concepts, and when Islam began to rise, it was transformed into new performance as if it has characteristic of Islam, but in fact it is still capitalism. This writing tries to criticize both of them by Islamic economic perspective.

scholarly journals PRODUÇÃO DO ESPAÇO, AUTOGESTÃO, COMUNIDADE E ESTADO: PROVOCAÇÕES A PARTIR DE KARL MARX

GEOgraphia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (46) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Álvaro Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Henri Lefebvre ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Space State

Resumo: O objetivo deste artigo é analisar, a partir de certas obras de Karl Marx, a construção de possibilidades para além do que se tem apresentado sobre a produção do espaço, com o fim de que esta se dê com mais justiça social. Discorre-se assim sobre ferramentas políticas e de gestão existentes, mas também, e principalmente, de outras possibilidades que remetem a “um impossível possível”, nos termos de Henri Lefebvre. Para tanto, são trazidas para o debate as noções de comunidade, verdadeira democracia, autodeterminação, autogoverno, autoemancipação e autogestão, tal como veiculadas na obra de Karl Marx.Palavras-chave: Produção do espaço. Estado. Comunidade. Autogestão. Karl Marx. GPRODUCTION OF SPACE, SELF-MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY AND STATE: PROVOCATIONS FROM THE KARL MARX WORKAbstract: From certain works of Karl Marx, the article deals with an analysis of the construction of possibilities beyond what exists, for the purpose that the production of space brings social justice. We will discuss existing policies and management tools, but also and especially the other possibilities, referring to an “impossible possible”, in Henri Lefebvre’s terms. Therefore, we will bring to the debate the notions of community, true democracy, self-determination, self-government, self-emancipation and self-management based on Karl Marx´s theory.Keywords: Production of space. State. Community. Self-management. Karl Marx. PRODUCCIÓN DEL ESPACIO, AUTOGESTIÓN, COMUNIDAD Y ESTADO: PROVOCACIONES A PARTIR DE KARL MARXRsumen: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar, a partir de ciertos trabajos de Karl Marx, la construcción de posibilidades más allá de lo que existe, con el fin de que la producción del espacio se dé con más justicia social. Por lo tanto, hablamos de las herramientas políticas y de gestión existentes, pero también, y principalmente, de otras posibilidades que se refieren a “un imposible posible”, según Henri Lefebvre. Para ello, traemos para el debate las nociones de comunidad, verdadera democracia, autodeterminación, autogobierno, autoejecutación y autogestión basadas en el trabajo de Karl Marx.Palabras clave: Producción del espacio, Estado. Comunidad. Autogestión. Karl Marx.

Lucky Philip Dube: The Artiste in Search of a New Jurisprudence and Subaltern Redemption

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Eric Nsuh Zuhmboshi
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
South African ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Legal Philosophy ◽  
Black South African ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
Postcolonial Discourse

Abstract Most musicians, in their songs, portray their philosophical vision of life as could be seen in the case of Lucky Philip Dube, the black South African reggae musician. His songs show that he adheres to the principle of ethical humanism and portrays him as a crusader of social justice. Thus, this essay shows the link between musical art and law by examining the commitment of Dube’s lyrical composition in fighting for a just legal system in his society. This essay therefore, analyses some of his lyrical productions in order to expound on the philosophical ideas underneath the songs and how they tie with the search of an alternative jurisprudence and humanism in postcolonial discourse and the liberation of the subaltern. From the perspective of natural law theory, this essay postulates that Dube’s songs criticise the injustice of the legal philosophy in his society and quest for an impartial jurisprudence – that of equality and justice in his society.

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