{"id":978,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-distributive-justice-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2013-0302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:13","slug":"comment-on-distributive-justice-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2013-0302","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-distributive-justice-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2013-0302\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on distributive justice in about 150 words."},"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> fair allocation of benefits + burdens <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Aristotle\u2019s<\/b> classical form, distinct from corrective justice<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> not <i>whether<\/i> to distribute but <i>on what basis<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the criterion is the real question<\/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>definition (honour \/ wealth \/ assets \/ offices) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Miller\u2019s<\/b> three criteria: rights \/ desert \/ need <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> mapping: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Hume<\/b>-rights-hierarchy \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Spencer<\/b>-desert-market \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kropotkin<\/b>-need-solidarity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Miller\u2019s<\/b> synthesis (merit + welfare) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b>: primary goods <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Difference Principle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> least advantaged <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> social + natural lottery<\/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>single-criterion positions pull apart <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> market-desert (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Spencer<\/b>) vs need (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Kropotkin<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> neither market alone nor redistribution alone suffices<\/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> distributive justice = combining desert with need, not choosing<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> modern theory (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Miller<\/b>, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b>) leans to synthesis \u2014 efficiency with fairness for the worst-off<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[48],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-978","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-justice","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/978","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\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4572,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/978\/revisions\/4572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}