{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:13","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 fairness judged by results, not chances \u2192 equal distribution of income \/ wealth \u2192 most radical egalitarianism R2 focus shifts from starting point to end result \u2192 distributive equality \u2192 fairness measured at the finish<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">concept (results over chances) \u2192 socialist \/ substantive defence \u2192 Marxist abolition of classes \u2192 Rousseau (inequality enslaves poor, corrupts rich) \u2192 libertarian critique \u2192 Hayek (rule of law vs material equality) \u2192 Nozick (just steps) \u2192 Sen (capabilities redirect)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">coercion + conflict with equality before law + self-ownership vs dignity and substantive equality<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 targets real deprivation, but best realised as substantive freedom, not enforced sameness R2 Sen\u2019s capability shift reframes outcome equality as real freedom rather than identical results<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/994\/revisions\/2416"}],"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}]}}