{"id":965,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/discuss-the-significance-of-a-normative-approach-to-political-upsc-psir-2020-0108\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:08","slug":"discuss-the-significance-of-a-normative-approach-to-political-upsc-psir-2020-0108","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-significance-of-a-normative-approach-to-political-upsc-psir-2020-0108\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the significance of a normative approach to 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> asks \u201cwhat ought to be\u201d, not \u201cwhat is\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Plato\/Aristotle as founders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> facts alone cannot give politics its point \u2014 values do.<\/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>Links politics with ethics (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Cohen<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> standards of justice, liberty, equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> checks mere technique <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> actual vs ideal keeps reform alive <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> revival: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Macpherson<\/b>, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dworkin<\/b>, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b>.<\/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>Subjectivity, abstractness, utopianism; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Berlin<\/b>\u2019s value pluralism doubts one final moral order.<\/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> empirical explains what is; normative says what is worth pursuing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the revival after Rawls proves it indispensable.<\/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":[32],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-965","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-political-theory","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/965","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\/965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4559,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/965\/revisions\/4559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}