{"id":987,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/explain-how-rawls-used-the-liberal-and-egalitarian-perspective-to-upsc-psir-2025-0311\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:16","slug":"explain-how-rawls-used-the-liberal-and-egalitarian-perspective-to-upsc-psir-2025-0311","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-how-rawls-used-the-liberal-and-egalitarian-perspective-to-upsc-psir-2025-0311\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain how Rawls used the liberal and egalitarian perspective to develop his concept of distributive 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 = fair distribution of primary goods <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> built by fusing liberty + correction of arbitrary advantage<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> the liberal egalitarian, between absolute liberty and absolute equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> distribution from fair procedure, not charity<\/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>social contract method + original position <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> veil strips class \/ talent \/ lottery <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> First Principle: equal basic liberty, lexically prior (liberal element) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> talents \/ birth morally arbitrary <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> maximin reasoning <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Second Principle: fair equality of opportunity + Difference Principle (egalitarian element) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> primary goods steered toward least advantaged<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Nozick<\/b>: end-state \/ entitlement violation; <b>Marxists<\/b>: veil hides private property; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b>: capabilities beyond primary goods<\/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> liberty prior, inequality conditional <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> liberalism made humane and anti-utilitarian<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> distributive justice as synthesis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> redistribution a requirement of fairness, welfare state given a philosophical defence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[48],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-987","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","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\/987","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4581,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/987\/revisions\/4581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}