One way of looking at the fair distribution of benefits and burdens in society states that society will have some inequalities, but that when these inequalities occur, the least-advantaged person should be better off than he or she would have been if the inequality did not exist. This concept is referred to as: Principle of equal liberty Difference principle Principle of fair equality of opportunity Law of non-contradiction None of the above

One way of looking at the fair distribution of benefits and burdens in society states that society will have some inequalities, but that when these inequalities occur, the least-advantaged person should be better off than he or she would have been if the inequality did not exist. This concept is referred to as: Principle of equal liberty Difference principle Principle of fair equality of opportunity Law of non-contradiction None of the above

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Chapter33: Income, Income Distribution, And Poverty

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