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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Equality and social justice.

  • UPSC 1995
  • Caste System

Equality and social justice are related but not identical: equality is a condition of sameness in treatment or outcome, social justice a principle about how advantage ought to be distributed. They diverge because applying identical rules to structurally unequal people reliably produces injustice.

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  • Formal equality and its limits
  • Why inequality is defended, and what that reveals
  • Opportunity against outcome
  • The Indian tension in practice
  • Conclusion

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