{"id":1009,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/critically-examine-macphersons-view-on-democracy-upsc-psir-2013-0603\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:23","slug":"critically-examine-macphersons-view-on-democracy-upsc-psir-2013-0603","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-macphersons-view-on-democracy-upsc-psir-2013-0603\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically examine Macpherson\u2019s view on democracy."},"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 class=\"pq-sc\">Macpherson<\/b> defends democracy as human development, not electoral procedure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> modern theory has lost classical democracy\u2019s moral purpose<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> strength = restoring democracy\u2019s moral core <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> open question = is his remedy realisable<\/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>empirical school attacked (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Schumpeter<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> elites for votes \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dahl<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> group competition) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> both reduce democracy to a market-equilibrium system <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> procedure, not emancipation; humanist aspiration weakened <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> classical moral foundation recalled (developmental process + emancipation) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> liberal democracy\u2019s self-image rejected (no liberal monopoly, not the perfect form) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> property franchise, workers\u2019 rights only after socialist pressure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> liberalism historically undemocratic <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> communist \/ Third World systems may also qualify <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> core distinction: extractive vs developmental power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> capitalism gives the propertied class both, workers keep minimal developmental power, lose creative freedom <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ideal democracy: maximise developmental power, remove extractive power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> three spheres: constitutional + socialist production + equality values <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> democracy not built on institutions alone<\/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\">Norman Barry<\/b>: the ideal is idealistic, hard to realise under scarcity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> abolishing extractive power assumes conditions that rarely hold<\/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> his worth lies in retrieval \u2014 democracy recovered as creative freedom and human development<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> judged by feasibility the prescription falls short, but the moral recovery of democracy is his real contribution<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[51],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1009","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-democracy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1009","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4603,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1009\/revisions\/4603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}