Under the maximin criterion from Rawls’s theory of justice, what should the government aim to do?

Correct answer B. By redistributing income from rich to poor because, owing to diminishing marginal utility of income, taking a pound from the rich reduces their utility by less than the gain from giving that pound to the poor

Correct answer C. Such redistribution would remove the incentive to work hard, so society's total income would fall and the least well-off person would be worse off than under a system with some income inequality

Correct answer A. Benefits are reduced at such a high rate when recipients earn more income that there is little or no incentive to work once receiving benefits

Correct answer C. A situation in which those receiving state benefits may be almost no better off if they work more, because doing so reduces the benefit income they are entitled to and increases the tax they pay