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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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:

 
  1. Principle of equal liberty

     
  2. Difference principle

     
  3. Principle of fair equality of opportunity

     
  4. Law of non-contradiction

     
  5. None of the above

     
     

 

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