Question

A utilitarian government must a. calculate the utility of each individual in society. b. avoid enacting any policies that redistribute income from the rich to the poor. c. balance the gains from greater equality against the losses from distorted incentives. d. pursue policies that do not affect the middle class.

Answer 1

Answer:

. c. balance the gains from greater equality against the losses from distorted incentives

Explanation:

Utilitarianism means maximizing the total utility for everyone , therefore the utilitarian government will stop short of being a fully egalitarian society.

It may sound contradictory but, raising total utility is the primary concern and the decisions taken will not sound today very polemical since a theory of value plus a theory of morality is taken into account.

The decisions made on the level of governance will have a proper moral, and following the philosophy of utilitarianism the goverment will tend to make and decide on policies that maximize the total utility for the society..

The key is to notice how morality and value on the level of goverment is different since decisions are based on maximizing total utility.