{"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":"2026-08-12T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:14","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>\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> both treat justice as organising principle of political life <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but opposite foundations (good-first vs right-first)<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Greek fits person to a settled role <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> secures fair terms among free equals <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> good precedes right vs right precedes good<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Plato<\/b>: harmony \/ each to his own function \/ no meddling <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Aristotle<\/b>: justice as central virtue + distributive justice by merit \/ proportional equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Greek = teleological, duty-centred, hierarchical, inequality accepted <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b>: moral equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> original position + veil of ignorance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> equal liberty first + Difference Principle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Barry\u2019s<\/b> chain principle \/ weakest link <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> right precedes good \/ free to pursue own conception of the good<\/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>Greek rootedness in virtue and common good vs <b>Rawlsian<\/b> moral equality and protection of the least advantaged <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> perfecting the citizen vs guaranteeing fair terms among those who disagree on the good<\/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> movement from polis ethics to constitutional pluralism<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> from a justice that assigns roles to a justice that guarantees equality and freedom<\/p>\n<\/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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4576,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/982\/revisions\/4576"}],"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}]}}