Regarding alternative justifications for income redistribution(a) The Restorative Justice approach applies the widely accepted principle of compensating individual victims of crime to argue that justice requires compensating a race or ethnic group for past wrongs (e.g., reparations for slavery or genocide).(b) The Utilitarian justification proposes that people and society in general have a desire to live in a just society, or at least without some being in abject poverty, making the creation of a “just society” by eliminating abject poverty a public good, not unlike national defense or public safety. In this context, income redistribution could be justified if it is the most efficient means of securing this public good for society. (c) The problem with the Redistributive Justice justification for income redistribution is that it may inflict injustice on some individuals as it may be very difficult to identify with precision individuals who should be compensated and those who should pay for this transfer.(d) All the above.(e) Only (a) and (b) are correct.
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