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
x! both treat justice as organising principle of political life — but opposite foundations (good-first vs right-first) R2 Greek fits person to a settled role — Rawls secures fair terms among free equals — good precedes right vs right precedes good
Body flow
Plato: harmony / each to his own function / no meddling — Aristotle: justice as central virtue + distributive justice by merit / proportional equality — Greek = teleological, duty-centred, hierarchical, inequality accepted → Rawls: moral equality → original position + veil of ignorance. equal liberty first + Difference Principle — Barry's chain principle / weakest link → right precedes good / free to pursue own conception of the good
Counter-view
Greek rootedness in virtue and common good vs Rawlsian moral equality and protection of the least advantaged — perfecting the citizen vs guaranteeing fair terms among those who disagree on the good
Conclusion routes
rR! movement from polis ethics to constitutional pluralism R2 from a justice that assigns roles to a justice that guarantees equality and freedom
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
