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The Analysis Of "Positive Freedom" In Marx’s Philosophy

Posted on:2017-01-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330482499649Subject:Marxist philosophy
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In Rousseau philosophy, freedom has a theoretical dimension of positivity and the internal meaning of’positive freedom’is that people behaving by the rules that are made by themselves. This meaning is internalized as human beings’ moral abilities in Kant practical reason. The so-called moral is that people can abide by the laws designed by them to behave. Therefore, the meaning of positive freedom can be deepened as the basis of the system of moral philosophy. Hegel makes the entire universe dominated by the dialectical reason in which everything is the existence of entity being subject. The subject means building the essential rule of self-development internally, and act by self-control principle. This makes positive freedom applied for everything in the universe to reach the theoretical dimension of individualization. In this case, positive freedom can be enriched, developed instantly and finally formed as a specific theoretical connotation, which has a direct influence on the understanding of the connotation of freedom for Marx. Because of this, we can find the theoretic trend in Marx philosophy.Make human beings have freedom is the most important individual issue for Marx and Marx philosophy is the theoretical form of people liberty. The connotation the Marx theory involves three aspects. Firstly, personal development means a person should own the nature of human beings, and acts according to it to fulfill one’s freedom. Secondly, individuals build the regulation originated from history for developing the material life in the real world. The contradiction between productive forces and production relations is the result of the individual activity. The historical principle is that people behave under the laws that are made according to individual activity. This is not only the logic connotation of positive freedom in materialist conception of history from Marx but also the logic of human beings to accomplish self-liberty. Third, communism combo is the social formation where Marx can achieve the ultimate freedom for human beings. In this social formation, alienated labor is an automatic and creative activity, and individual achieves the complete reunification and engages in a variety of professionals freely, therefore, communism is everyone can act according to the regulations and the desire of the self, which is the highest state of "positive freedom" and the final stage of development.The analysis of Marx’s philosophy theory connotation of "positive freedom" has the double value of theory and reality. In reality, it can help us to deepen the socialist core values of "free". In theory, distinguish the theory boundary between "positive freedom" and "negative liberty" and "any freedom" in order to correct the connotation of Marx’s freedom to "negative" and "arbitrary" theory trend.
Keywords/Search Tags:Marx theory of freedom, Positive freedom, Theory connotation
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