Socialism, Theory, Practice

In general, Modern Political Philosophy is a type of Theory, i. e. its various propositions are assertoric, with the ambition of being apodeictic.  Now, even though Marx exorts Philosophers to privilege Practice over Theory, several of the cardinal features of Marxism are Theoretical, notably the concepts of Dialectical Materialism and Socialism, to the latter of which he cannot avoid attributing a permanent Goodness, which, as has been previously discussed, entails a contradiction of the principle that Humankind has no fixed nature. The shortcoming in this procedure is not exposed until the Pragmatists re-conceive standard components of Theory, e. g. Ideas and Concepts, as fundamentally Practical, i. e. as plans of action, rather than as substantives or predicates of assertions.  Accordingly, for example, Socialism is not a condition to be arrived at once certain pre-conditions are met, but a blueprint for organizing society.  As such, it is a Good, but only provisionally so, only so long as the construction is underway, just like any productive process.  In these terms, the Marxist does not have to contend with the aforementioned contradiction.