Any society bound by a contract calling for an income distribution that would ________ the well-being of the worst-off member of society would allow for inequality if that inequality had the effect of ________ the lot of the very poor.
A) minimize; improving
B) maximize; improving
C) maximize; worsening
D) minimize; worsening
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