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The utility principle takes a different view on acceptable risk. The underlying assumption here is that society has limited resources that can be applied to reduce risk, although the extent of these resources depends on the benefit from taking the risk. Because we have limited resources, the utility principle implies that we should use these resources to get the maximum benefit, that is, the greatest possible risk reduction with the resources we have. The effect of this approach may be that even if some individuals or groups are exposed to very high risk, the utility principle may still dictate that priority should be given to people with lower risk because it is cheaper to reduce risk for these. The utility principle is focused on maximum utilization of available resources.