{"id":1001,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/discuss-the-doctrine-of-rights-as-trumps-upsc-psir-2019-0503\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:21","slug":"discuss-the-doctrine-of-rights-as-trumps-upsc-psir-2019-0503","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-doctrine-of-rights-as-trumps-upsc-psir-2019-0503\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the doctrine of \u2018rights as trumps\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b>Dworkin\u2019s<\/b> trumps image <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rights shield the individual against majority calculation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <i>Taking Rights Seriously<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201crights as political trumps\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fundamental rights override collective interest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>meaning of a trump <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> priority of the right over the good <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rejection of greatest-happiness utilitarianism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rights protect dignity \/ autonomy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> moral (not merely constitutional) rights against government <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> parallel <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> society must not always balance in its own favour <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Dworkin\u2019s<\/b> narrow exceptions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Greene<\/b>: the frame cannot handle conflicts between genuine rights <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Costa Neto<\/b>: trumping and balancing are complementary <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no right is absolute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> rights as trumps secure the individual, but the metaphor strains when rights collide<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> strong rights, yet not absolute <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trumping tempered by balancing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[50],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1001","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-rights","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4595,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1001\/revisions\/4595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}