How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 equal moral worth, not sameness → Aristotle: equals equally, unequals unequally R2 two readings of equality → same rule for all vs treatment by circumstance / need
Body flow
equal treatment = sameness in law (Nozick → redistribution as rights- violation) → but unequal starting points → Dalits / Blacks / women / disabled → identical rule entrenches advantage → Tawney pike-minnows → fair treatment corrects → differential treatment by need / disadvantage → Rawls difference principle → Sen resources vs functionings → protective discrimination / affirmative action
Counter-view
Nozick: differential treatment violates rights → answer: not arbitrary, bounded, only to protect the weakest
Conclusion routes
R1 identical treatment of unequals reproduces inequality → equality = fair treatment R2 fair treatment secures equal worth in moral + material sense → distributive equality
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
