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Better off and worse off condition in normative economics

When an economic change creates one person better off and a thousand persons worse off, this is: (w) good for society. (x) bad for society. (y) neither good nor bad for society. (z) not possible to assess without a value judgment.

Can anybody suggest me the proper explanation for given problem regarding better off and worse off condition in normative economics generally?

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