Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Which among the following statements are associated with Harold J. Laski?
- 1. Every state is known by the rights that it maintains.
- 2. We do not mean by the rights the grant of some historic conditions possessed in the childhood, but lost in the process of time.
- 3. Rights in fact are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek in general to be himself at his best.
- 4. Rights are the legal opportunities for a successful life.
A1, 2 & 3 only ✓ Correct
B1, 3 & 4 only
C1 & 3 only
D2 & 3 only
Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 & 3 only — The statements that belong to Harold Laski are 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★The statements that belong to Harold Laski are 1, 2 and 3.
★Laski defined rights as those conditions of social life without which no one can be fully himself at his best, which is statement 3 and the heart of his theory.
★Statement 1, that every state is known by the rights it maintains, is also Laski's, judging the state by the rights it secures.
★Statement 2, rejecting rights as a mere inheritance of past historic conditions, fits Laski's view that rights are living social claims, not fixed legacies.
★Statement 4, that rights are simply legal opportunities for a successful life, reduces rights to legal grants and misses Laski's social conception, so it is excluded.
★So statements 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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