SUS1501
ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE: 22 AUGUST 2025
, SUS1501 ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE 22 AUGUST 2025
I chose option “a. Good for him – he is brilliant and worked hard to earn this.” this is
confirmed in MY quiz attempt.
EVALUATE USING KANT'S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
Maxim (given in the assignment):
“Elon Musk will take R12 billion every day for a year in order to get really, really rich.”
Universal law (given):
“All people (8.1 billion of them) will take R12 billion every day for a year in order to get
really, really rich.”
Is the maxim above conceivable in a world ruled by the universal law?
No. If everyone acted on this maxim, the situation it creates is impossible and
selfdefeating. If every person took R12 billion every day, money would lose its ordinary
meaning (prices, wages and stores of value would break down because ‘everyone’
would try to grab vast sums), markets would collapse, and social and economic systems
would fail. The maxim cannot be conceived as a stable rule for a world because the
ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE: 22 AUGUST 2025
, SUS1501 ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
DUE 22 AUGUST 2025
I chose option “a. Good for him – he is brilliant and worked hard to earn this.” this is
confirmed in MY quiz attempt.
EVALUATE USING KANT'S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
Maxim (given in the assignment):
“Elon Musk will take R12 billion every day for a year in order to get really, really rich.”
Universal law (given):
“All people (8.1 billion of them) will take R12 billion every day for a year in order to get
really, really rich.”
Is the maxim above conceivable in a world ruled by the universal law?
No. If everyone acted on this maxim, the situation it creates is impossible and
selfdefeating. If every person took R12 billion every day, money would lose its ordinary
meaning (prices, wages and stores of value would break down because ‘everyone’
would try to grab vast sums), markets would collapse, and social and economic systems
would fail. The maxim cannot be conceived as a stable rule for a world because the
