Justice: PSIR Optional PYQs (Topic-wise)

Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critique (PSIR PYQs)

1. What is the concept of justice in modern political theory? How is it related to Liberty and Equality? (1994)
2. Consider: “…………We believe that as a matter of principle each -number of society has an inviolability founded on justice.” (Rawls) (1999)
3. To what extent does the Rawlsian goal of achieving social justice depend on an overarching consensus among cultural, religious and ideological groups? (2000)
4. Comment: ‘Veil of ignorance. (2010)
5. Comment in 150 words : “Original position” (2013)
6. Explicate the conception of justice in the critiques of communitarian theorists. (2014)
7. Comment in 150 words·: ‘Difference Principle’ in Rawls’ Theory of Justice. (2015)
8. Critically examine John Rawl’s Argument for democratic equality. (2016)
9. Rawls’ theory of justice is both contractual and distributive. Examine. (2017)
10. Comment in 150 words: Distributive Justice. (2018)
11. Analyse John Rawls justification of discrimination to achieve the goals of justice. (2018)
12. Examine communitarian perspective on justice. (2019)
13. Make a comparative assessment of Greek perspective of Justice with Rawlsian concept of Justice. (2020)
14. How has Rawls enriched the idea of justice in liberalism? (2021)
15. Examine the entitlement theory of justice. (2022)
16. Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of social justice leads to ‘egalitarian justice’ as compared to Rawls’ ‘justice as fairness’ which aims at the notion of ‘pure procedural justice’. Comment. (2022)
17. Rawls’ idea of ‘liberal self’ is too individualistic. Explain, in this context, the communitarian critique of Rawls’ theory of justice. (2023)
18. Explain how Rawls used the liberal and egalitarian perspective to develop his theory of justice. (2025)