How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 property at the centre of liberal thought → its significance lies in how sharply thinkers disagree over what it secures
Route 2 one right, opposite verdicts → from Locke’s labour-foundation to Marx’s critique
Locke (labour + person + liberty + consent + right to resist) → Plato vs Aristotle (conflict / corruption vs virtue) → Smith / Bentham (instrument of progress) → Laski (social service) / Gandhi (trusteeship) → Marx (exploitation, alienation, class) → Rawls / Sen (redistribution as justice)
a foundational liberal right vs a Marxist source of exploitation and inequality
Route 1 important for liberty and dignity, but bounded by justice and redistribution
Route 2 significance inseparable from fraternity, social justice, inequality
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Rights — 9 questions in the Vault.
- “Rights of the man are separate and independent of the State.” Critically analyze the perspective of Laski.
- The debate on human rights is caught between the
- Comment on the multicultural perspective on Rights
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
The first session of Foundation 2027 is published in full.
Six programmes across three levels.