Consider two communities.
- In one community, ten families have incomes of $100,000 each and ten families have incomes of $20,000 each.
- In the other community, ten families have incomes of $250,000 each and ten families have incomes of $25,000 each.
*In which community is the distribution of income more unequal?
*In which community is the problem of poverty likely to be worse?
*Which distribution of income would Rawls prefer? Explain.
*Which distribution of income do you prefer? Explain.
*Why might someone have the opposite preference?