dilemma. Finally, I’ll respond to the objection and conclude. Let’s consider the case of a man that makes a promise to his friend about giving him money in return of a favor. However, the man gets approached by a homeless woman with a child, in dire need of that money for food. Per act utilitarianism, the man would give the money to the woman instead of his friend, because the woman’s use of that money would result in more happiness and well being than his friend. The goal of act utilitarianism is to create
told Martha where a large sum of money he had accumulated was stored. He asked her to see that the money was given to the Society for Protection against Alien Control of the Earth (SPACE). Now that he has died, she is considering using the money to support the activities of the local Hunger Task Force, an organization that provides donated food to those who need it. What should Martha do? My position from a Kantian perspective is that Martha should give the money to the Society for Protection
False Promise 2: A person is facing financial problems and needs money. He knows well that he can’t pay it back but he hopes to get the money by borrowing it on the basis of a promise that he will pay it back on the given time. It is morally wrong and against of rights and virtue of ethics and he will have to face the consequences as he can’t pay the loan back, no one will trust him again and he will not be able to borrow money next time when he need it. Here the purpose of keeping promise is self
decided to not steal the money. I believe this because Ashleigh knows her dad has made any promises in the past that he has not kept, and she might not trust her dad. In the beginning of the story, Ashleigh says how her father couldn't keep a promise, which I think is foreshadowing that he won't keep the promise that he’ll pay back the money. Also, there are a few flashbacks in the story about times when he made a promise and did not go through with it, “Dad used to promise me the stars for a necklace
or not to steal money from her mom, or to leave her dad in a difficult situation. In the story Ashes, Ashleigh’s parents are divorced and don’t get along at all. Ashleigh’s parents are total opposites, her mom is very practical and her dad is a dreamer. One day her dad asks her to take some of her mom’s money and she isn’t sure what to do. Ashleigh did not take her mom’s money because her dad lied to her about what the money was for, she knows how hard her mom worked for the money, and her dad breaks
a) Common Law Offer The Legal Concepts of an Offer An offer is a conditional promise made by the offeror to the offeree. The offeror will not be bound by her or his promise unless the offeree responds to it in the manner sought by the offeror. That is why it is said the offer is conditional. In the other word, the definition of an offer is a statement made by an offeror that he or she is prepared to be bound to a contractual position-the first essential element to the meeting of the minds of the
good thing it just might have swept her dad off his feet. When her father runs out of money from gambling Ashleigh must choose to either steal money from her mother or let her father be without any money. Ashleigh stole the money from her mother because she hears her father’s voice in the back of her mind reminding her she is one in a million, her dad has led her to believe that he will return all of the money she took from her mother by the end of the week and that her mother won’t even notice,
consideration, intention, invitation to treat, Legal capacity. Consideration appeared in 1916 and become one of the basic and essential elements for the development of contract. Consideration is nothing but an enforceable agreement where a promissory promise to exchange or to do something in future and promisee accept to perform such act in return and the parties intend to bind through agreement. The question arises that whether the consideration is legally valid or not under some conditions. Consideration
used. According to the law, the negotiable instruments are written or signed promises to pay a specified amount of money per the contract terms at a particular time (Miller & Hollowell, 2014). However, it must be determined if the instrument is, in fact, a negotiable instrument or nonnegotiable. According to UCC, the negotiable instrument can fall under two different categorize of which include orders to pay and promise to pay. Under the category orders to pay are the negotiable instruments drafts
debt is described as owing, usually money, to someone. On the other hand, guilt is demarcated as the process of repaying debt, according to Nietzsche. A relationship takes form when a debtor and creditor agree on a deal, agreement, or loan. When this transpires, “the debtor inspires confidence that the promise of repayment will be honored, in order to give a guarantee of the solemnity and sanctity of his promise…” (Nietzsche 40). This indicates that the promise will be fulfilled regardless of any