Maxim

human life and human morals. He condensed his beliefs into nine simple maxims, which we know simply as the "Maxims of Emerson." In his third maxim, "nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind", Emerson states that the independence of thought is of the highest value to the human mind. The word "sacred" means secured against violation, and the word "integrity" means adherence to moral principles. Therefore, the maxim states that one's adherence to his or her moral principles should be

Nuclear fission is a cost-effective, and relatively clean way to generate power. Since, the mid-1940’s, with the formation of the first atomic bombs, engineers have worked on improving nuclear power. In the 1970’s and 80’s nuclear power plants were built in cities to provide power for homes, workplaces, and other facets of life. Nuclear reactions were not well understood by the general public and therefore nuclear engineers inherited a certain status. Also as a result, nuclear power plants raised

There was a spartan his name was Red he was captured and sacrificed to a covenant teleporter that dropped him on a unknown Desert like planet,So he started to search for any human life armed with only his magnum he saw in the distance a covenant corvette it was sending drop ships to attack something it was a unsc base and it was being attacked heavily, he turned around and noticed there was a downed pelican he went to search for weapons he found a shotgun so, So he headed toward the base he scoped

the maxim behind your action can be willed as a universal law” (Hinman, 2013, p. 167). The test for the maxim is whether people can consistently fill their minds with more positive thoughts than negative thoughts. By positive self-talk, people believe the positive message and the brain becomes less likely to think negatively again. The relevant act description is morally correct and perhaps even praiseworthy even though not following the maxim would not be contrary to the Formula of

The Steam Engine and the Maxim are both forms of technology which were man made that impacted the world. The steam engine was used to make transportation easier and more convenient for people. The Maxim gun on the other hand was used to conquer parts of the world and show superiority over over other groups of people. While both inventions helped groups of people get what they wanted to survive and thrive for many years, the Steam Engine is more superior compared to the Maxim. The idea of the Steam

Kant's Groundworks of the Metaphysic of Morals In "Groundworks of the Metaphysic of Morals" Immanuel Kant proposes that good will is the only thing which is good and that a person should "act only under that maxim which he would will to be universal" (273); Kant calls that test for morality the Categorical Imperative. Kant believes that the CI can be formulated in several different ways, a. The Formula of Universal Law b. The Formula of the End in Itself

responsibility to do one 's duty for its own sake and not in pursuit of one’s own desire. One formulation of Kant’s categorical imperative instructs us to act only in such a way that “I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law.” Before going into the formulation, a maxim for Kant is just not a rule for how to act but a middle stage between experience and the categorical imperative. Kant describes this as a "subjective rule", that is, a rule that is deliberated at the subjective

universal truth, or theme that people should do what they want to do even if it goes against the law. This theme connects to a maxim by Waldo Emerson. A maxim a short statement that expresses a general truth or rule of conduct. In Emerson's maxim, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind," Emerson uses the word integrity as a means of doing the right thing. The maxim urges that nothing is more important than following one's intuition and doing what the person thinks is right. Emerson

sucicide on the basis of self-love. Kant declares that this cannot be the categorical imperative at work because the maxim derived from self-love, to shorten his life to avoid more pain, is a contradiction in itself for no man can kill himself painlessly and therefore cannot be a universal maxim. The action of killing oneself would cause pain, which is not in conformity to the maxim stated to avoid pain. The second example Kant gives is based on the basic premise of lying. A man is forced to borrow

in use because it was where Rebecca and Maxim slept when Rebecca was alive. The setting of Rebecca was extremely important. The location of the mansion being very close to the beach, was very important in Rebecca’s death. The ocean at the beach was where Maxim had killed Rebecca and sank her boat. If the beach wasn’t so close then the murder would have been different. Also, Manderely is where Rebecca and Maxim live together before she died. If Maxim and the new Mrs. De Winter hadn’t lived