{"id":986,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/rawls-idea-of-the-liberal-self-is-too-individualistic-explain-in-upsc-psir-2023-0310\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:16","slug":"rawls-idea-of-the-liberal-self-is-too-individualistic-explain-in-upsc-psir-2023-0310","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/rawls-idea-of-the-liberal-self-is-too-individualistic-explain-in-upsc-psir-2023-0310\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawls&#8217; idea of the \u2018liberal self&#8217; is too individualistic. Explain, in this context, the communitarian critique of Rawls\u2019 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> original position + veil of ignorance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> chooser stripped of class \/ gender \/ talents \/ good <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the \u201cunencumbered self\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> liberal self too individualistic <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> a theory built on it misreads moral life <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> communitarian charge staked<\/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\">Sandel<\/b>: self constituted by its ends, not prior <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cwholly without character\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> neutral state misreads justice, rights only a remedy for individualism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">MacIntyre<\/b>: morality lives in narrative + tradition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Taylor<\/b>: anti-atomism, self within webs of interlocution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Walzer<\/b>: no universal metric, complex equality from social meanings of goods <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unifying move: good prior to right<\/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>community norms can shield hierarchy \/ patriarchy \/ caste <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Rawls\u2019<\/b> <i>Political Liberalism<\/i> (overlapping consensus) answers the metaphysical-self charge<\/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> critique exposes the embeddedness <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> understated, without destroying justice as fairness<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> it sharpens liberalism toward a more situated self rather than replacing it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[48],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-986","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","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\/986","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\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4580,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/986\/revisions\/4580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}