{"id":982,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/make-a-comparative-assessment-of-the-greek-perspective-of-justice-upsc-psir-2020-0306\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:13","slug":"make-a-comparative-assessment-of-the-greek-perspective-of-justice-upsc-psir-2020-0306","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/make-a-comparative-assessment-of-the-greek-perspective-of-justice-upsc-psir-2020-0306\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a comparative assessment of the Greek perspective of justice with the Rawlsian concept of justice."},"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\">x! both treat justice as organising principle of political life \u2014 but opposite foundations (good-first vs right-first) R2 Greek fits person to a settled role \u2014 Rawls secures fair terms among free equals \u2014 good precedes right vs right precedes good<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Plato: harmony \/ each to his own function \/ no meddling \u2014 Aristotle: justice as central virtue + distributive justice by merit \/ proportional equality \u2014 Greek = teleological, duty-centred, hierarchical, inequality accepted \u2192 Rawls: moral equality \u2192 original position + veil of ignorance. equal liberty first + Difference Principle \u2014 Barry&#039;s chain principle \/ weakest link \u2192 right precedes good \/ free to pursue own conception of the good<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Greek rootedness in virtue and common good vs Rawlsian moral equality and protection of the least advantaged \u2014 perfecting the citizen vs guaranteeing fair terms among those who disagree on the good<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR! movement from polis ethics to constitutional pluralism R2 from a justice that assigns roles to a justice that guarantees equality and freedom<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[48],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-982","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-20-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\/982","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\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3291,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/982\/revisions\/3291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}