According to John Rawls

question 63

Multiple Choice

According to John Rawls

• A) the state should not use its coercive power to make some people better off at the expense of others.
• B) competitive market equilibriums offer the most equitable income distributions.
• C) society should maximize the welfare of the least well-off individual.
• D) the size of the economic pie is more important than attempts to split up the pie more evenly.

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Executive Council

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