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work_ipdo6vkdrjbdxfn44umzdch3vy	J. N. Hooker	Optimality conditions for distributive justice	2009	6	.pdf	application/pdf	4461	805	78	We derive conditions under which a distribution of wealth (a) maximizes utility, (b) maximizes a utility function that accounts In particular, we use classical optimality conditions to analyze distributions over nonidentical individuals. We use the modeling device of assigning to each individual i a productivity function ui(α) that measures the total utility eventually created when individual i is initially alloted wealth α. which a completely egalitarian distribution maximizes utility. The rudimentary utilitarian model above implies that a utilitarian solution can result in considerable inequity when individuals have different abilities. solutions that distribute wealth more equally. Thus all individuals who are not at the extremes of the distribution have equal marginal productivity in a utilitarian distribution, just as they do in the solution of the original model The individual at the bottom of the distribution, however, has marginal productivity that is β smaller than that The distribution is completely egalitarian only when every individual has the same marginal	./cache/work_ipdo6vkdrjbdxfn44umzdch3vy.pdf	./txt/work_ipdo6vkdrjbdxfn44umzdch3vy.txt