Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critique (PSIR PYQs)
| Year | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Explain how Rawls used the liberal and egalitarian perspective to develop his theory of justice. | View answer |
| 2023 | Rawls’ idea of ‘liberal self’ is too individualistic. Explain, in this context, the communitarian critique of Rawls’ theory of justice. | View answer |
| 2022 | Examine the entitlement theory of justice. | View answer |
| 2022 | 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. | View answer |
| 2021 | How has Rawls enriched the idea of justice in liberalism? | View answer |
| 2020 | Make a comparative assessment of Greek perspective of Justice with Rawlsian concept of Justice. | View answer |
| 2019 | Examine communitarian perspective on justice. | View answer |
| 2018 | Comment in 150 words: Distributive Justice. | View answer |
| 2018 | Analyse John Rawls justification of discrimination to achieve the goals of justice. | View answer |
| 2017 | Rawls' theory of justice is both contractual and distributive. Examine. | View answer |
| 2016 | Critically examine John Rawl's Argument for democratic equality. | View answer |
| 2015 | Comment in 150 words·: 'Difference Principle' in Rawls' Theory of Justice. | View answer |
| 2014 | Explicate the conception of justice in the critiques of communitarian theorists. | View answer |
| 2013 | Comment in 150 words : "Original position" | View answer |
| 2010 | Comment: 'Veil of ignorance. | View answer |
| 2000 | To what extent does the Rawlsian goal of achieving social justice depend on an overarching consensus among cultural, religious and ideological groups? | View answer |
| 1999 | Consider: "…………We believe that as a matter of principle each -number of society has an inviolability founded on justice." (Rawls) | View answer |
| 1994 | What is the concept of justice in modern political theory? How is it related to Liberty and Equality? | View answer |
Syllabus unit: Justice
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