Testing for Perfect Duties (Coursework Sample)

Testing for  Perfect Duties
1) To prove the universality of the opposite maxim would be to attest to the fact that every wealthy person had to steal to be wealthy. This reasoning is shared by many today because of the discovery that many wealthy individuals we have in the world today got their wealth by stealing from others. People such as corrupt politicians, and con businessmen who use Ponzi schemes to rob others and keep the wealth for themselves. In testing for universality, one must through careful analysis be able to recommend the same cause of action to another as acceptable conduct without creating an ethical issue. (Miller 2020). In other to accept a cause of action one must act for a reason that he sees fit to be a universal law. In our world today people desire wealth in other to live a comfortable life. If it becomes acceptable that in other to be wealthy one must steal, therefore everyone wealthy must have stolen from someone.  This system cannot be sustained in the long run because for a society to be stable it has to be built on the trust that people would act on a certain level of morality.
2) Is it possible that stealing is something everyone did in other to be wealthy?  While it is agreeable that there is a steady decline in morality in our society today, there are still wealthy individuals who were able to make wealth honestly through hard work and patience. There are ways to make wealth such as learning a high-income skill or building a sustainable business. According to research, those who possess high-income skills such as coding or machine learning are more likely to be wealthy in the next five years than those who do not.