PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Justice

Examine the entitlement theory of justice.

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 justice as history of holdings, not a pattern → Locke, inviolable rights R2 entitlement vs patterned / end-state justice → just history, not just shape
Body flow
TT ede reject patterned / end-state → three principles (acquisition → transfer → rectification) maxim → fair process makes inequality untroubling → minimal nightwatchman state → redistribution as means-to-ends → critique of Rawls’ Difference Principle
Counter-view
ignores unequal starting points → historical injustice unverifiable → "voluntary" transfers may be socially unequal → minimal state blind to structural deprivation
Conclusion routes
R1 strong defence of liberty / silent on outcomes R2 protects the person / leaves society's basic structure unjudged

Model answer

Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.

Handwritten model answer — UPSC PSIR 2022, Justice