{"id":984,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/examine-the-entitlement-theory-of-justice-upsc-psir-2022-0308\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:15","slug":"examine-the-entitlement-theory-of-justice-upsc-psir-2022-0308","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-entitlement-theory-of-justice-upsc-psir-2022-0308\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the entitlement theory 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> justice as <i>history of holdings<\/i>, not a pattern <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Locke<\/b>, inviolable rights<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> entitlement vs patterned \/ end-state justice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> just <i>history<\/i>, not just <i>shape<\/i><\/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>reject patterned \/ end-state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> three principles (acquisition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> transfer <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rectification) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> maxim <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fair process makes inequality untroubling <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> minimal nightwatchman state <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> redistribution as means-to-ends <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> critique of <b>Rawls\u2019<\/b> 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>ignores unequal starting points <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> historical injustice unverifiable <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cvoluntary\u201d transfers may be socially unequal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> minimal state blind to structural deprivation<\/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> strong defence of liberty \/ silent on outcomes<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> protects the person \/ leaves society\u2019s basic structure unjudged<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[48],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-984","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-15-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\/984","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4578,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/984\/revisions\/4578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}