{"id":1002,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/assess-the-significance-of-right-to-property-in-political-theory-upsc-psir-2020-0504\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:21","slug":"assess-the-significance-of-right-to-property-in-political-theory-upsc-psir-2020-0504","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/assess-the-significance-of-right-to-property-in-political-theory-upsc-psir-2020-0504\/","title":{"rendered":"Assess the significance of right to property in political theory."},"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> property at the centre of liberal thought <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> its significance lies in how sharply thinkers disagree over what it secures<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> one right, opposite verdicts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> from <b>Locke\u2019s<\/b> labour-foundation to <b>Marx\u2019s<\/b> critique<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Locke<\/b> (labour + person + liberty + consent + right to resist) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Plato<\/b> vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">Aristotle<\/b> (conflict \/ corruption vs virtue) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Smith<\/b> \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bentham<\/b> (instrument of progress) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Laski<\/b> (social service) \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gandhi<\/b> (trusteeship) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b> (exploitation, alienation, class) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b> (redistribution as justice)<\/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>a foundational liberal right vs a Marxist source of exploitation and inequality<\/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> important for liberty and dignity, but bounded by justice and redistribution<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> significance inseparable from fraternity, social justice, inequality<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[50],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1002","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","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\/1002","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\/1002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4596,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1002\/revisions\/4596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}