Utilitarianism suggests that the government should choose policies that maximize the total utility of everyone in society by ?

A. allowing each individual to maximize their own utility without interference from the government

B. redistributing income from rich to poor because due to the diminishing marginal utility of income, taking a pound from the rich reduces their utility by less than the gain in utility generated by giving a pound to the poor

C. istributing income from rich to poor because this would maximize the well-being of the worst-off person in society

D. redistributing income from rich to poor because this is what the members of society would choose to do if they were behind a veil of ignorance

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