Breaking The Illusion Of Social Justice

As one of the most important representatives of Western liberalism,British economist and political scientists——Friedrich·A·Von Hayek used political science,economics,law,philosophy and other multi-fields of knowledge to elaborate the classical liberalism in detail and deeply in his whole life of writings.He defended individual liberty firmly,Warning people alert to the harmfulness of totalitarianism,advocating that social operation should be based on the "spontaneous order",he also fight against the compulsory interventions on the market behavior from the country and the government,as a result,he flatly denied the demands of'social justice".Hayek based his theory on "bounded rationality","methodological Individualism","spontaneous order",clarifying a view of justice with rules of just conduct at the theoretical core,which is completely different from the certain rules,and criticizing"social justice" harshly.Hayek's justice thought is not perfect,there are many theoretical dilemma that we can't convince,but we cannot repudiate his insight of defending the individual liberty totally.In order to grasp the essential of Hayek's justice thought,read it more objectively and deeply,the article is divided into four parts for discussion.The first part mainly introduces the background of Hayek's justice thought and its theoretical basis——"bounded rationality","methodological Individualism"and" spontaneous order"how to construct his theory;The second part mainly elaborates theoretical connotations of Hayek's justice thought,focus on clarifying the essential of his thinking,and pave the way for the below;The third part mainly expounds the way that Hayek criticized the social justice by "semantic","value"and"consequences";The last part analyses Hayek's justice thought from a objective view,involving its theoretical dilemma and positive revelation.