Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): It is plausible to think that autonomy involves a kind of skill that individuals must develop, exercise and maintain, and this ongoing process of planning and managing is not automatic but requires efforts and resources that are secured by the social and material conditions provided by the state.
Reason (R): The commitment to individual autonomy cannot force the liberal state to provide the social and material conditions by which citizens could come to be autonomous, and it must depend on individuals to strive independently for achieving their autonomy.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Answer: C
Explanation
★The assertion is true, since autonomy is a skill that people must develop and maintain, and this depends on social and material conditions that the state helps provide.
★On this view real autonomy is not automatic but needs supportive resources, so the state has a part to play in enabling it.
★The reason, however, pulls the other way, claiming the liberal state is not bound to supply those conditions and that individuals must achieve autonomy on their own.
★This reverses the logic of the assertion rather than supporting it, so within this framing the reason does not hold as stated.
★That is why the keyed answer is that the assertion is correct but the reason is not.
★So the correct code is that A is correct but R is not correct.
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