GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Justice without force is futile, force without justice is tyrannical.

Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2022

Syllabus: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

How toppers approached it

From all 3 answers · about 170 words · 33% drew a diagram.

Opening

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  • A constitutional or legal provision1 of 3

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  • Continuous prose1 of 3

Close

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  • A summary1 of 3
  • A way forward1 of 3

The toppers’ answers

Abhinav SiwachAIR 12 · CSE 2022 · 177 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Justice, as per Rawls leads to sense of fairness among individuals, individual and state.

Force refers to the application of strength to individual, object, etc to achieve a definite goal. Justice without force is futile :-

Body · points

lusive society

Justice without force is futile :-

  1. It leads to lack of following of the justice

  2. Individuals may choose to disobey fairness and violate it

  3. It may not be able to effectuate equity, fairness in society.

  4. The mighty may not follow rule of law, force in the form of police challans, detention is necessary.

  5. It may also lead to loss of Constitutional morality as alternate mechanisms like kangaroo courts may dominate. → Khap declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court.

Force without justice is tyrannical

  1. Force may be used for self-interest.

  2. Force we may not be done with accountability and integrity → dropping of nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by USA.

  3. Force may perpetuate inequality rather than correcting it → Dalit groom beaten in Rajasthan over horse procession in baraat

Close · a way forward

There needs to be accountability of force when used with justice.

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