9/11/2025 SUS1501
Assignment 5
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS);
Semester 2 2025 (634299) - DUE 15
September 2025
RESERCH EXPERT
HP
, SUS1501 Assignment 5 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 (634299) - DUE 15 September
2025;
1. BACKGROUND FACTS • “In 2024, Elon Musk's net worth increased
by about ZAR 12 billion every day!” • “60% of the world’s cobalt is
mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined under
appalling conditions often by child labourers.” 2. INTRODUCTION
(written for me by Prof Eccles) In assignments 2, 3 and 4 we have, as
a group, reflected on the facts above. We debated whether it was
ok for Elon Musk’s net worth to have increased by about ZAR 12
billion per day in 2024. Some of us thought this was a reflection of
his business brilliance. Some of us thought that this was morally
outrageous. We then debated the issue children working in
appalling conditions in cobalt mines in the DRC. Although most of us
thought that this was a problem, we saw how other ethical
interpretations were possible. And in the final analysis we
considered the possibility that these two scenarios – great wealth
and great poverty – might in fact be linked. On the basis of this, we
debated whether the whole picture looked ok. I think it is safe to say
that most of us were left feeling a bit uneasy about things. That is all
well and good. But what about me? In this short essay, I’m going to
think about this question. I’ll start out by trying to figure out where I
currently fit in in this picture. Then I’m going to think forward in
time. Specifically, I’m going to imagine what I hope my legacy will
have been over the course of the good (eudaimonic) life I have lived.
In formulating this vision of a life well lived, I’m going to make
reference to key virtues or excellences (arête) that I think I will need
to develop in order to achieve this good life. And I’m going to think
about the sort of problems that these excellences might present if
taken too far or not far enough. 3. WHERE DO I FIT IN NOW? (200
Assignment 5
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS);
Semester 2 2025 (634299) - DUE 15
September 2025
RESERCH EXPERT
HP
, SUS1501 Assignment 5 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 (634299) - DUE 15 September
2025;
1. BACKGROUND FACTS • “In 2024, Elon Musk's net worth increased
by about ZAR 12 billion every day!” • “60% of the world’s cobalt is
mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined under
appalling conditions often by child labourers.” 2. INTRODUCTION
(written for me by Prof Eccles) In assignments 2, 3 and 4 we have, as
a group, reflected on the facts above. We debated whether it was
ok for Elon Musk’s net worth to have increased by about ZAR 12
billion per day in 2024. Some of us thought this was a reflection of
his business brilliance. Some of us thought that this was morally
outrageous. We then debated the issue children working in
appalling conditions in cobalt mines in the DRC. Although most of us
thought that this was a problem, we saw how other ethical
interpretations were possible. And in the final analysis we
considered the possibility that these two scenarios – great wealth
and great poverty – might in fact be linked. On the basis of this, we
debated whether the whole picture looked ok. I think it is safe to say
that most of us were left feeling a bit uneasy about things. That is all
well and good. But what about me? In this short essay, I’m going to
think about this question. I’ll start out by trying to figure out where I
currently fit in in this picture. Then I’m going to think forward in
time. Specifically, I’m going to imagine what I hope my legacy will
have been over the course of the good (eudaimonic) life I have lived.
In formulating this vision of a life well lived, I’m going to make
reference to key virtues or excellences (arête) that I think I will need
to develop in order to achieve this good life. And I’m going to think
about the sort of problems that these excellences might present if
taken too far or not far enough. 3. WHERE DO I FIT IN NOW? (200
