Is Natural Law the best approach to abortion Natural Law says that abortion is wrong because life is a valuable gift from God and therefore only he can take it away. A believer of the natural law would say that the unborn foetus should have the same status as a born human being because life starts at the moment of conception which means that no matter how long the foetus has been growing‚ abortion is murder. This point ties in with the right to life and other religious approaches. Under Natural
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cultural and linguistic background. In conversational cooperation‚ we know maxims. There are four main maxims. 1. The Maxim of Quality (Try to make your contribution one that is true) 2. The Maxim of Quantity (Make your contribution as informative as is required‚ do not make it more informative than is required. 3. The Maxim of Relevance (Make your contributions relevant so that the contribution can be related) 4. The Maxim
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Law and Equity Essay (a) Outline the development of common law and equity. There was no system of law in England and Wales before 1066‚ as it was mainly based on customs which were just rules of behaviour and the other used to be the decisions of judges. The law in England and Wales built over the centuries. There were various methods of creating laws which were called “sources of law”. However‚ in the 18th Century Parliament became more powerful which lead the Acts of Parliament (statues) to
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Whitey Basson’s income for 2010 using Kant’s Categorical Imperative 1. State your proposed act as a maxim: “I will take ZAR 620 000 000 when I’ve done a year’s work in order to get really‚ really rich.” 2. Restate this maxim as a universal law: “All people (7 billion of them) will take ZAR 620 000 000 when they’ve done a year’s work in order to get really‚ really rich.” 3. Ask whether your maxim is conceivable in a word ruled by the universal law: For everyone in the world to take ZAR 620 000
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they treat Wikus‚ as well as what they make him do. This problem contests with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kants deontological moral philosophy. Here are three formulated maxims that make up the categorical imperative: “The first version of the categorical imperative is act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law” (p.33‚ Shulzke 2012)… In the second formulation‚ Kant says moral actors must‚ So act that you use humanity
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congruent with principals that can be made universal. To be universal‚ the maxim must apply to absolutely everyone‚ everywhere‚ and anytime. Another stipulation in Kant’s theory is that we should never treat a person solely as a means to our own ends. It is morally wrong to use someone solely to enhance our own self-interest. The idea of universalizability strongly suits this case. To universalize the patient’s individual maxim‚ we would see that most if not all will find suicide morally justifiable
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Equity Definition of Equity The term ‘Equity’ is used in various senses‚ out of many the main four senses in which the term is used are: - 1. Literal senses 2. general senses 3. roman senses 4. English senses. 1. Literal senses:- Its sole aim may be to do justice to the parties in a case characterized by a configuration of facts unlikely ever to be repeated in reality in the same or similar way. The literal meaning given to equity is “right” as founded on the laws
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3. Principles on which vicarious liability is based The doctrine of vicarious liability is based on principles which can be summed up in the following two maxims : (a) Qui facit per alium facit per se :- The maxim means‚ ‘he who acts through another is deemed in deemed in law as doing it himself’. The master’s responsibility for the servant’s act had also its origins in this principle. The reasoning is that a person who puts another in his place to do a class of acts in his absence‚ necessarily
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whether they are obeyed or not. The Formula of Universal Law- Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law. The Formula of Humanity- Act so that you use humanity‚ whether in your own person or that of another‚ always at the same time as an end‚ never merely as a means. The Formula of the Kingdom of Ends- Act in accordance with the maxims of a member giving universal laws for a merely possible kingdom of ends. The moral duty is
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traits of a leader and they get to know their Marines An important part of being a leader‚ consists of the fourteen leadership traits. They are as follows: integrity‚ knowledge‚ courage‚ decisiveness‚ dependability‚ initiative‚ tact‚ justice‚ enthusiasm‚ bearing‚ endurance‚ unselfishness‚ loyalty‚ and judgment. They are all essential for the following reasons: -Integrity: Marines cannot respect a leader who does not follow through with their actions and words. This involves
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