SUS1501 Assignment 2 2024

Assessment 2 – 602790
Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 11:39 AM
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Bob van Dijk and his billions
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).”

Step 1:

Proposed act as a maxim:
“Van Dijk will receive ZAR 1.9 billion after completing a year’s work to become very
wealthy.”

Restated as a universal law:
“All individuals will receive ZAR 1.9 billion upon completing a year’s work to become very
wealthy.”