are written and number your answers. Use the following maxim: In order to maximize my pleasure‚ I will take recreational drugs whenever I feel like it. 1.Explain why this maxim is self-defeating‚ i.e.could not be imagined as a universal law for all rational beings. This should include what a world would look like in which all rational beings followed the maxim and why you could not achieve the purpose or end of the maxim in such a world. Kant thinks that we are not really in
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However‚ when she marries Maxim De Winter her life totally changes. She enters a new and unknown world as she becomes part of the elite class of society. She also has to cope with the many responsibilities and expectations imposed on her as the wife of the famous Maxim De Winter. This experience changes her into a worldly‚ more confident woman‚ but however this is a gradual development. For example‚ early in the novel‚ the narrator has unrealistic romantic fantasies of her and Maxim. However‚ after Maxim’s
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It allows the observer to hypothesize about the futures of these children without actually knowing them. The problem arises when the maxim no longer fits‚ like in the cases of Tony and Neil. Even though a bit of the maxim holds true in all of the children‚ especially Suzy‚ the observers must understand that while the maxim can ultimately be right‚ people deviate from in throughout life. This means that life has less to do with what you are at 7‚ and more to do with what you experience
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very beginning by maintaining the narrator’s anonymity‚ as only Maxim knows the narrator’s name. The quest for the narrator to find her true identity is simply the whole subject of the book Rebecca. In the beginning‚ the narrator seems to be lost in the world. She works as a companion for a rich and ignorant woman. Then she meets the man she will marry named Maxim de Winter‚ who will forever change the narrator’s life forever. Maxim asked the narrator to marry him after only a short time of knowing
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conventions of the romantic genre?” In Rebecca du Maurier appears to conform to the conventions of the romantic genre however‚ du Maurier has also subverted the genre of romance through her representation of the relationship between the narrator and Maxim and the structure of the novel. She has also incorporated of elements of the gothic genre and the psychological thriller. On the surface Rebecca appears to demonstrate the conventions of the romantic genre. The storyline includes a heroine‚ who
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deteriorating on the inside. Their lack of communication originates from different circumstances‚ but the outcome is the same. The narrator‚ Mrs. de Winter‚ only sees things from her perspective and fails to consider others’ positions. Mr. de Winter‚ Maxim‚ communicates with lies and deceit to cover up the murder of his late wife‚ Rebecca. Mrs. Danvers harbors her true feelings toward both Mr. and Mrs. de Winter because she is still mourning the death of Rebecca. Ultimately‚ this lack of communication
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acceptable if “its maxim can be universalized” (122). Before we act we must think to ourselves whether there is a general standard found within our action. This is called the CI test. Imagine if a student wanted to ace his test‚ but didn’t want to put the time into study. The student then resorts to using his phone during the test. The first step is to create a maxim of the action‚ in our case the student is approving of the maxim of cheating. The next step is to the universalize the maxim. This means that
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universalisability is a standard of rationality but it doesn’t have to be the only one (Luco‚ Week 11 Notes p.16)‚ and yet in the first argument I have proven that the principle of universalisability itself fails as a standard of rationality when maxims are vague. Furthermore‚ even if the principle of humanity can be useful as an essential framework for moral deliberation rather than an independent and determinant guide (Hill‚ 2006)‚ the flaws of the scope in the principle itself would render it
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and the companies of the reaction degree. [http://wiki.mbalib.com/wiki/Potential_Competitors] • Where Our company is Café de Coral. Its actual competitors are Fairwood and Maxim. These three companies are all the Hong Kong style dim sum fast food. And they are all Hong Kong’s local enterprises. Fairwood and Maxim each with more than 70 shops in Hong Kong. Café de Coral’s potential competitors from the United States and Japan. They are Burger King‚ KFC‚ McDonald’s‚ Yoshinoya and Conveyor belt
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making the good tangible. Acting according to maxims because you must complete your duty in order to achieve good will. Duty‚ according to Kant‚ is what determines morality within an action. Duty is in the likeness with that of pure reason. While the responsibility of reason lies in the realm of making actions moral or immoral‚ it is the duty of the individual to act upon good will. One’s duty is an action out of respect for the law. These maxims are rationally determined and all should
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