{"id":994,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-equality-of-outcome-as-political-idea-in-around-upsc-psir-2021-0407\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:18","slug":"comment-on-the-equality-of-outcome-as-political-idea-in-around-upsc-psir-2021-0407","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-equality-of-outcome-as-political-idea-in-around-upsc-psir-2021-0407\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Equality of outcome as political idea in around 150 words."},"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> fairness judged by results, not chances <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> equal distribution of income \/ wealth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> most radical egalitarianism<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> focus shifts from starting point to end result <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> distributive equality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fairness measured at the finish<\/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>concept (results over chances) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> socialist \/ substantive defence <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Marxist abolition of classes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rousseau<\/b> (inequality enslaves poor, corrupts rich) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> libertarian critique <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Hayek<\/b> (rule of law vs material equality) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Nozick<\/b> (just steps) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b> (capabilities redirect)<\/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>coercion + conflict with equality before law + self-ownership vs dignity and substantive equality<\/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> targets real deprivation, but best realised as substantive freedom, not enforced sameness<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b>\u2019s capability shift reframes outcome equality as real freedom rather than identical results<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[49],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-994","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-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\/994","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\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4588,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/994\/revisions\/4588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}