Maxim

respect for people and doing the right thing simply because they are doing the right thing. The examples I gave were people not doing the right thing and failing the maxim making them not okay for the world. However, the aspects of the dilemma that were problematic were how exactly should the maxim be created, what is too broad of a maxim or what is to narrow. Also, consequences did not matter, for the first example Skylar had an ideal of what was happening with her friend but choose not to…

The Importance of Maxims Colin McGinn’s “Why Not Be A Bad Person”, suggest many life altering perspectives on possible thought processes when conducting oneself with another individual as well as oneself. He suggest many maxims that have moralistic values in which he believes will help motivate individuals when making rational decisions and having rational reactions in situations. For example, McGinn's maxim, “Don’t allow your temper to do what your reason can’t”, stimulates an individual's…

when a young, poor woman who works with Ms. Van Hopper meets Maxim de Winter. Then the young women, narrator, feels in love with Maxim de Winter and decide to get married to go with him to Manderley. After that she meets Mrs. Danvers and the narrator feels uncomfortable because she seems like a devil woman. The narrator feels deeply frustrate and upset because she thinks Maxim loves Rebecca crazily. Then she founds the secret that Maxim does not love Rebecca, so she becomes better and gets…

death is morally permissible. In order to do this Jones’, his family and his physicians must test their action as a categorical imperative by using Kant’s Universal Law, Law of Nature, and Humanity Formulation. First, they must assign a maxim to their situation. A maxim is a description of the act,…

is, “So act on that maxim that you can at the same time will to be a universal law.” According to this formulation, whatever I consider doing, it must be something that I would will or accept that all others do. For something to be willed universal, it is similar to it being a law because a law has a degree of universality. By the maxim, Kant means an action that will be tested. If a maxim passes the universalizability test, then it is permissible for one to act on this maxim. The Categorical…

moral principle, what Kant refers to as “maxim” fulfills the principle of…

they try to be truthful , informative , clear and relevant . Thus , in order to stay away from misunderstanding , we have maxim of conversation or “ Gricean maxims “ , involving in the maxim of quality , quantity ,…

In Daphne Du Maurier’s novel, Rebecca, manipulation, deceit, and dishonesty lead to deception. Mrs. Danvers, the housemaid of Manderley, manipulates Mrs. de Winter into dressing up just as Rebecca had the year prior, which threatens her marriage to Maxim. Rebecca was the epitome of deceit during her time spent at Manderley. She lied about sneaking around with other men, including her cousin, and was pregnant with another man’s baby. Mr. de Winter was dishonest with Mrs. de Winter about his past…

valued by some, but ridiculed by others. To Ralph Waldo Emerson, living by one's own convictions was highly valued. Emerson wrote maxims about how to live life which had a central theme of self-reliance. All of the maxims he wrote were applicable to "The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail" and were shown through the dialogue between Henry and Waldo. One of the most important maxims Emerson wrote was, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." In a never ending cycle of arguments…

Audience: Benjamin Franklin was a man who knew how to use his words. He developed a whole list of different maxims, or sayings, that can be interpreted literally or figuratively in which people can relate to on a personal level. One of his more famous maxims is “One Day is Worth Two Tomorrows” and is personal and has several different meanings to me. I related to this maxim, because I procrastinate often, and I do not live each day to its fullest. Many days are spent watching television or…