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Ms Spring Currently Earns $100,000 a Year, While Her Junior

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Ms. Spring currently earns $100,000 a year, while her junior partner, Mr. Fall, earns $55,000 a year. From the perspective of a utilitarian, if both of their incomes are subject to diminishing marginal utility, taking a dollar from Ms. Spring and giving it to Mr. Fall will


A) increase society's total utility.
B) lower Ms. Spring's marginal utility of income.
C) increase Mr. Fall's marginal utility of income.
D) lower society's total utility.

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