Question: 5 . ( YOU MUST WRITE NOTES ON THIS QUESTION ) Show me a great fortune and Ill show you a great crime. ( a

5.(YOU MUST WRITE NOTES ON THIS QUESTION) Show me a great fortune and Ill show you a great crime. (a translation from Honor de Balzac) My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:a. Clearly Balzac had taken too much hashish when he wrote that!b. It is completely possible to make a fortune by legal means in fact this is what I intend to do in my life.c. I don't care - watch out Elon Musk, here I come!d. I think that this is absolutely true.e. Even if great fortunes are acquired in a technically legal way, they are always morally problematic.Choice now: BChoice in assignment 1: B Notes:8. Of the top 10 wealthiest people (all men), eight are tech billionaires. Their net worth is US$ 1.1 trillion or ZAR 22 trillion! My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:a. I think that such wealth is utterly immoral when there is so much poverty and suffering in the world and so active steps should be taken to correct this.b. These billionaires are all tech visionaries and deserve every cent of their wealth because of their brilliance.c. Why would anyone want or need that amount of money?d. These are my heroes. I aspire to be like them.e. Bill Gates is one of them and look at how much money he is giving to the poor through the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationChoice now: AChoice in assignment 1: E Notes:9.60% of the worlds cobalt is mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined under appalling conditions often by child labourers. My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:a. Whats cobalt got to do with to me?b. The DRC is a long way from where I live so I dont really care.c. This is just a fact of global supply chains and necessary for global economic growth, which is in everyones best interest.d. I wonder who is profiting out of this?e. It breaks my heart to see children exploited. This is morally wrong and must not be allowed.Choice now: EChoice in assignment 1: E Notes:10. Imagine you find out that some students get together, buy good assignments from previous years and submit them as their own. My personal opinion about this practice is most closely described by:a. I have heard that Unisa might be using sophisticated plagiarism detecting software like Turnitin and, if this is the case, the chances of getting caught are just too great. I don't want to get into trouble.b. Not only will I participate, I am going to be the one who sells assignments next year for cash.c. I am not sure what the rules say but if this is against the rules I wont do it.d. I am not sure what is the right thing to do here or what is expected of me now that I know this?e. The problem with cheating is that it undermines everyone's qualification, not just those who are participatingf. Someone needs to report this because it is intellectual fraud, and that someone is going to be me.Choice now: EChoice in assignment 1: E 15. Save the 5000 Eastern gorilla!!! My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:a. Why?b. I really have never bothered to think about gorillas.c. Let the DRC and Rwanda deal with this problem Eastern gorillas are their natural resources.d. Morally we must save the Eastern gorilla.e. We must save Eastern gorillas because their survival is critical for sustaining healthy ecosystems.Choice now: EChoice in assignment 1: B 19. In the 2018/2019 financial year, Bob van Dijk, the CEO of Naspers earned a total remuneration (salary, incentives and options) of R 1.9 billion. My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:a. Good for him he worked hard to earn this.b. The only problem I have with this is that this money is in van Dijks bank account and not in mine.c. No problem with this. I'm sure van Dijk donates huge amounts to charity.d. I think that it is morally wrong for anyone to earn that much money.e. I think that active steps should be taken to correct such immoral executive remuneration practicesChoice now: EChoice in assignment 1: E Based on the chosen choices of both:choice now and choice in assignment 1 Write notes with meaningful references to the major theories that we covered (deontology, consequentialism, distributive justice, virtue ethics and environmental ethics)
Firstly write what you think about each question ,how it affect you or the world then apply each question to theories

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