{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:12","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>&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! procedural = fair rules \/ method \u2192 substantive = fair outcome \u2192 judged by condition of the disadvantaged R2 justice not only in a neutral process \u2192 asks who actually gains \u2192 outcome-test over rule-test<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">content + outcome of laws, real distribution \u2192 close to socialism \u2192 can the poor improve their condition \u2192 needs-based over rights-based \u2192 progressive extension of self-development opportunity \u2192 state central: curb wealth concentration, redistribution \/ welfare \/ land reform \u2192 Young: change unjust structures, not just individual remedies \u2192 Rawls: substantive concern inside a procedural theory (Difference Principle)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">liberal worry: outcome-focus can weaken liberty and formal equality \u2192 substantive reply: formal equality alone leaves injustice untouched<\/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 procedure fixes the method, substance fixes the result \u2192 both needed; substance gives justice its social content R2 in a deeply unequal society formal equality is not enough \u2192 substantive justice makes equality material<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/979\/revisions\/2403"}],"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}]}}