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ASSIGNMENT 2 (SEMESTER 1)
DUE DATE: March 2025
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than March 2025. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
QUESTION 1
Evaluation of the Statement: "Good for them – they worked hard to earn this" Using Kant’s
Formula of Universal Law
Step 1: Stating the Proposed Act as a Maxim
The proposed act can be formulated as a maxim: "It is morally acceptable for individuals to
accumulate extreme wealth, such as earning R77 million per day, as long as they have worked hard
to achieve it."
Step 2: Restating the Maxim as a Universal Law
The next step is to universalize this maxim: "All individuals who work hard should be allowed to
accumulate unlimited wealth, regardless of its impact on others or society."
Step 3: Asking Whether the Maxim is Conceivable in a World Ruled by This Universal Law
To test the logical consistency of this maxim, we must consider whether a world in which everyone
follows this principle could function coherently. If every individual had the ability and opportunity
ASSIGNMENT 2 (SEMESTER 1)
DUE DATE: March 2025
Written Assignment Submission Guidelines:
Please ensure that your assignment is submitted electronically through the myUnisa platform no
later than March 2025. Kindly note that fax or email submissions will not be accepted.
NB: Assignment submitted to the lecturer(s) through email will not be considered.
QUESTION 1
Evaluation of the Statement: "Good for them – they worked hard to earn this" Using Kant’s
Formula of Universal Law
Step 1: Stating the Proposed Act as a Maxim
The proposed act can be formulated as a maxim: "It is morally acceptable for individuals to
accumulate extreme wealth, such as earning R77 million per day, as long as they have worked hard
to achieve it."
Step 2: Restating the Maxim as a Universal Law
The next step is to universalize this maxim: "All individuals who work hard should be allowed to
accumulate unlimited wealth, regardless of its impact on others or society."
Step 3: Asking Whether the Maxim is Conceivable in a World Ruled by This Universal Law
To test the logical consistency of this maxim, we must consider whether a world in which everyone
follows this principle could function coherently. If every individual had the ability and opportunity
