SUS1501 Assignment 2 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024

This document contains workings, explanations and solutions to the SUS1501 Assignment 2 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024. For assistance call or us on 0.6.8..8.1.2..0.9.3.4.. Step 0: Do Assessment 1 If you haven't already done it, please go to the "AT A CROSSROAD" section and do Assessment 1 now. YOU MAY GET 0 (ZERO) FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YOUR ASSESSMENT 1. Step 1: Evaluate the act using Kant's categorical imperative (We've done the first two stages for you) 1. State your proposed act as a maxim: "van Dijk will take ZAR 1.9 billion (A) when he's done a year's work (C) in order to get really, really rich (E)." 2. Restate this maxim as a universal law: "All people (76 billion of them) will take ZAR 1.9 billion 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; and finally You need to fill in this stuff 4. Ask whether you would rationally act on your maxim in such a world. And this stuff Step 2: Form an opinion On the basis of your analysis above, answer the following questions: ruled by the universal law; and finally You need to fill in this stuff 4. Ask whether you would rationally act on your maxim in such a world. And this stuff Step 2: Form an opinion On the basis of your analysis above, answer the following questions: 1. What would Kant probably have said about van Dijk earning ZAR 1.9 billion? (You might want to do a bit of research into the nature of van Dijk's 2018/2019 earnings). 2. Why do you think this, You MUST state your rremisesexplicitly as we taught you in the section on arguments (A DARN GOOD ARGUMENT - INFORMAL LOGIC) If you do not do this you will not pass this assignment. 3. What do you think about van Dijk earning ZAR 1.9 billion? 4. Why do you think this? You MUST state your premises explicitly as we taught you in the section on arguments (A DARN GOOD ARGUMENT - INFORMAL LOGIC), Step 3: Write your answer ... Although it is technically possible to write your answer directly into the discussion forum below, we would strongly advise against this. Rather write it in a Word document that you can save somewhere just in case something goes wrong with the submission process. Your answer should be an absolute minimum of 400 words. Step 4: Submit your answers from steps 1 and 2 for marking