paid the price of her innocence to compensate her triumph of adulthood‚ which is inevitable for everyone(Messud). While Maxim had to pay the high price of staying married to a woman he did not love and even grew to hate over the years. Only for the continued success of Manderley. When Rebecca revealed her cruel nature and immoral behavior‚ ones that Maxim won’t even repeat‚ Maxim would not call their marriage off. What was even more concerning was the fact he felt the urge to kill her on the spot
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“What is wrong with killing‚ when it is wrong‚ may not be so much that it is unjust‚ violating the right to life‚ but‚ frequently that it is callous and contrary to the virtue of charity” (Hursthouse 1999‚ 6). I choose Abortion as the selected topic for my Focus paper. Abortion is and will always be a moral dilemma because of the issues of when life actual begins‚ individual rights and the rights of women. According to Utilitarian’s; “Something is right if it brings about the greatest amount of good
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A: Explain Kant’s theory of ethics Kant was born in 1724-1804‚ he was a German thinker from East Prussia (now Russia)‚ and he spent his whole life in his hometown. Kant wanted to create a logical‚ stand-alone theory that wasn’t just based on assumptions‚ he believed in an objective right or wrong that is decided on reason and that we shouldn’t do the right thing just because it’s right and not to fulfil our desires. Can we lead a life following his ideals are there not some situations where a perfect
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not doing so represents the imperfect of which according to the Kantian theory. 1) Act as if your maxim were a universal law of nature. What if everybody did this action? A "maxim" is a personal principle of action‚ such as "I will never lie‚" "stealing is wrong." If your maxim is not one that can be universalized‚ then it does not issue from the categorical imperative. For example‚ if your maxim was "lying is permissible"‚ then human relationships would not be possible because we would not know
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Alistair should choose. The first formulation‚ The Formula of Universal Law: "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law [of nature]."(2) Alistair has two possible maxims to act upon. These maxims‚ if it were universally applicable‚ are: “Anyone may lie in order to promote increasing human welfare” and “Everyone always tells the truth”. The first maxim is contradictory. If people had the option to lie‚ it negates the system of trust on which
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conform to. J W Harris described natural law as universal and immutable‚ a higher law and it is discoverable by reason. Natural theorists believe that the law should be moral otherwise it is not law and does not have to be complied with‚ the Latin maxim “Lex inuesta non est lex” originates with St. Augustine and means an unjust law is not a law‚ this is the basis of natural law theorists. N E Simmons stated that the law is the “embodiment of a moral aspiration.” Legal Positivisms look at what the
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possible by me would be good‚ and represents the practical rule in relation to a will that does not at once do an action just because it is good‚ party because the subject does not always know that it is good‚ party because‚ even if he knew this‚ his maxims could still be opposed to the objective principles of practical reason” (4:414). Kant’s categorical imperative states that our actions should be in accord with universal good and not driven by any personal motive or desire. Such an imperative is driven
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during Michael Dukakis’ campaign. Dukakis’ view on the punishment of criminals was turned on him‚ and he never really explained or tried to make things clear. He let his opponent ruin him. Dukakis’ downfall was not being able to follow the political maxim‚ leave no shot unanswered. His opponent fired ads about Dukakis’ view on punishment of criminal. Dukakis never made an attempt to fire back or even explain. This led to his defeat and thus him losing the campaign. The second quote is‚ “JFK would
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MORTGAGE OF LAND AS SECURITY UNDER THE LAND USE ACT 1978 BY DOROTHY E. NELSON** 1. Introduction Land is the very basis of commercial and industrial enterprise in Nigeria. It is the most important factor of production in industry as well as agriculture. Its usefulness and importance cuts across all forms of businesses and professions: Businessmen require land for buildings‚ factories and warehouses; Professionals in practices such as law‚ medicine‚ etc‚ need land to locate their
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| | 1. State your proposed act as a maxim | | "I will take ZAR 620 000 000.00 (A) when I’ve done a year’s work (C) in order to get really‚ really rich (E)." | | 2. Restate this maxim as a universal law | | "All people (7 billion of them) will take ZAR 620 000 000.00 when they’ve done a year’s work in order to get really‚ really rich." | | 3. Ask whether your maxim is conceivable in a world ruled by the universal law | In a real world if all people earned ZAR 620 000 000
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