{"id":990,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/equality-means-fair-treatment-rather-than-equal-treatment-comment-upsc-psir-2018-0403\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:17","slug":"equality-means-fair-treatment-rather-than-equal-treatment-comment-upsc-psir-2018-0403","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/equality-means-fair-treatment-rather-than-equal-treatment-comment-upsc-psir-2018-0403\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality means fair treatment rather than equal treatment. Comment."},"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> equal moral worth, not sameness <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Aristotle<\/b>: equals equally, unequals unequally<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> two readings of equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> same rule for all vs treatment by circumstance \/ need<\/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>equal treatment = sameness in law (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Nozick<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> redistribution as rights-violation) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but unequal starting points <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Dalits \/ Blacks \/ women \/ disabled <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> identical rule entrenches advantage <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Tawney<\/b> pike\u2013minnows <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fair treatment corrects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> differential treatment by need \/ disadvantage <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b> difference principle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b> resources vs functionings <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> protective discrimination \/ affirmative action<\/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>: differential treatment violates rights <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> answer: not arbitrary, bounded, only to protect the weakest<\/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> identical treatment of unequals reproduces inequality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> equality = fair treatment<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> fair treatment secures equal worth in moral + material sense <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> distributive equality<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[43],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[49],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-990","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-43","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-equality","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/990","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\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4584,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/990\/revisions\/4584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}