How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 Rawls = most systematic liberal bid to join liberty + equality → democratic equality its core form
Route 2 justice as fairness via original position / veil of ignorance → contingencies neutralised → persons as ends
original position + veil → anti-utilitarian (person as end, no sacrifice for aggregate) → first principle: equal basic liberties + lexical priority → second principle: fair equality of opportunity prior to difference principle → difference principle benefits least advantaged → three combine: freedom + equality, inequality constrained, weakest protected
Arneson: only mitigates contingencies, not truly egalitarian → Sen: resources not capabilities, equal resources ≠ equal real freedom
Route 1 strength = least advantaged shielded from utilitarian trade-offs
Route 2 limit = weighs means, not the real freedom to live a valued life
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Equality — 13 questions in the Vault.
- What is capability approach? Elaborate the distinctive features of the capability theory of equality.
- The freedom of the pike is death to the minnows. (150 words)
- Write a note on the relation between equality and
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.