{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:18","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>&mdash; 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\">rR! state = \u201cconcentrated, organised violence\u201d \/ soulless machine \u2192 hence fear that its growth destroys individuality R2 the paradox: state \u201cdoing good\u201d by curbing exploitation, yet harming most by killing individuality<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">malig rests on coercion + bureaucracy + uniform rules \u2192 expansion reduces citizens to subjects \u2192 kills conscience, voluntary action, moral responsibility = true roots of progress \u2192 individual \u201cthe one supreme consideration\u201d \u2192 rejects Austinian absolute sovereignty (Austin) \u2192 state a means, not final ideal<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">individuality # unrestrained individualism \u2192 \u201claw of the beast of the jungle\u201d \u2192 freedom balanced by duty \u2192 Green: community by common good, not compulsion<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Conclusion R1 remedy: limit the state \u2192 Satyagraha + Gram Swaraj \u2192 routes individual at the centre R2 warning stays relevant wherever welfare \/ security justify over-centralisation<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1064\/revisions\/2482"}],"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}]}}