A Study Of O’connor’s Productive Justice Thought

James O’Connor attributed the crisis of the capitalist system to the double crisis of ecological and economic crisis,put forward the second contradiction of the capitalist system,and formed the thought of ecological socialism.Under the mode of production of the capitalist system,capital obtains profits through production,and the production process constantly demands resources from nature.Capital accumulates with the development of human beings.Production is alienated into a means and tool for capital to pursue profits,becoming a double-edged sword,which promotes the development of human society but also brings crisis.O’Connor believes that distributive justice governs natural ecology,encourages consumption desire,promotes uncontrolled growth of production and excessive consumption of natural resources;at the same time,distributive justice focuses on the distribution of interests among individuals,ignores the interests of society as a whole,resulting in unorderly and effective utilization of natural resources,and eventually causes ecological crisis and economic crisis.Through the criticism of distributive justice,O’Connor has formed the idea of "productive justice",which is the justice between production conditions and production relations,including three aspects: ecological justice,community justice and economic justice.The difference between productive justice and distributive justice is that the important value of emphasizing natural ecology,"Ecology" takes priority over "distribution",Naturally determines the production,Natural ecology plays a leading role,Clarify the important role of natural ecology in production,distribution,exchange and consumption,Show the due value of ecology in human activities;Emphasizing the importance of the overall interest,Correctly coordinate the contradictions between individual and overall interests,Eliminate or reduce the confusion and destruction caused to nature by individuals in order to satisfy their own interests,Help to prevent excessive consumption and overproduction;Emphasizing the use value,Given that the negative exox minimizes the production of the positive exox maximization,The production scale is determined by the use demand,Improve the rationality of product utilization,To reduce the waste of resources and the destruction of nature,It can also reduce the possibility of an economic crisis.O’Connor believes that productive justice is the only way to realize ecological socialism,but its thought of productive justice has certain limitations,and its criticism of capitalism is not thorough enough.It tries to replace distributed justice with productive justice to show his compromise.