{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:12","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>&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\">R1 fair allocation of benefits + burdens \u2192 Aristotle&#039;s classical form, distinct from corrective justice R2 not whether to distribute but on what basis \u2192 the criterion is the real question<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">definition (honour \/ wealth \/ assets \/ offices) \u2192 Miller&#039;s three criteria: rights \/ desert \/ need \u2192 mapping: Hume-rights-hierarchy \/ Spencer- desert-market \/ Kropotkin-need-solidarity \u2192 Miller&#039;s synthesis (merit + welfare) \u2192 Rawls: primary goods \u2192 Difference Principle \u2192 least advantaged \u2192 social + natural lottery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">single-criterion positions pull apart \u2192 market-desert (Spencer) vs need (Kropotkin) \u2192 neither market alone nor redistribution alone suffices<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 distributive justice = combining desert with need, not choosing R2 modern theory (Miller, Rawls) leans to synthesis \u2014 efficiency with fairness for the worst-off<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/978\/revisions\/2402"}],"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}]}}