{"id":1064,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/state-does-the-greatest-harm-to-mankind-by-destroying-upsc-psir-2025-1112\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:40","slug":"state-does-the-greatest-harm-to-mankind-by-destroying-upsc-psir-2025-1112","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/state-does-the-greatest-harm-to-mankind-by-destroying-upsc-psir-2025-1112\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cState&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality, which lies at the root of all progress.\u2019 \u2014 Mahatma Gandhi. Elucidate."},"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> state = \u201cconcentrated, organised violence\u201d \/ soulless machine <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hence fear that its growth destroys individuality<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the paradox: state \u201cdoing good\u201d by curbing exploitation, yet harming most by killing individuality<\/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>rests on coercion + bureaucracy + uniform rules <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> expansion reduces citizens to subjects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> kills conscience, voluntary action, moral responsibility = true roots of progress <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> individual \u201cthe one supreme consideration\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rejects Austinian absolute sovereignty (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Austin<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state a means, not final ideal<\/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>individuality \u2260 unrestrained individualism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201claw of the beast of the jungle\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> freedom balanced by duty <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Green<\/b>: community by common good, not compulsion<\/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> remedy: limit the state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Satyagraha + Gram Swaraj <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> individual at the centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> warning stays relevant wherever welfare \/ security justify over-centralisation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1064","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1064","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4658,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1064\/revisions\/4658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}