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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Social Justice.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Caste System

Social justice is the principle by which a society decides how burdens, opportunities and recognition are distributed. Unlike procedural justice, which asks only whether rules were impartially applied, it asks whether the rules themselves, and the starting positions they act on, are defensible.

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  • The idea in social theory
  • The Indian constitutional scheme
  • The sociological critique
  • The shifting criterion
  • Conclusion

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