{"id":979,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-substantive-justice-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2013-0303\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:13","slug":"comment-on-substantive-justice-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2013-0303","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-substantive-justice-in-about-150-words-upsc-psir-2013-0303\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on substantive 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> procedural = fair rules \/ method <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> substantive = fair outcome <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> judged by condition of the disadvantaged<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> justice not only in a neutral process <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> asks who actually gains <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> outcome-test over rule-test<\/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>content + outcome of laws, real distribution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> close to socialism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> can the poor improve their condition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> needs-based over rights-based <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> progressive extension of self-development opportunity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state central: curb wealth concentration, redistribution \/ welfare \/ land reform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Young<\/b>: change unjust structures, not just individual remedies <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b>: substantive concern inside a procedural theory (Difference Principle)<\/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>liberal worry: outcome-focus can weaken liberty and formal equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> substantive reply: formal equality alone leaves injustice untouched<\/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> procedure fixes the method, substance fixes the result <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> both needed; substance gives justice its social content<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> in a deeply unequal society formal equality is not enough <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> substantive justice makes equality material<\/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-979","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\/979","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\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4573,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/979\/revisions\/4573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}