Assignment 5

Name: Matthew Lara

1. Let us suppose the following case: A dear friend of yours falls extremely ill and
before he dies, he leaves you in charge of delivering all his goods to his
relatives. This friend is a millionaire and his family even more so. So much so
that inherited assets are not important to them. However, that was your
friend's last wish before he passed away. Suddenly, you fall extremely ill and
you need wealth to be able to face the illness that you are going through. If you
die, you will not be the only one affected but also your entire family since they
absolutely depend on you. You know that if your friend were alive, he most
likely would have agreed to help you with everything you need, but his last wish
was for you to hand over his property to his family and not for you to keep it.

According to Kant what is right and why is it? Give your assets to millionaires or
keep them and die unnecessarily because you have no resources?

According to Kant, the action that is done normally must be subject to a

condition that is set through logic or by facts (empirical). Mainly, the reasons
for which it could be taken are accompanied by the moral. About the decision I
would make, I know what my friend would do for me, although he is no longer
alive, therefore he cannot see and act in this situation so he only leaves his last
wish to distribute to his family, but since you know what he would do and his
family is very well off financially, I would keep the assets without first talking to
his family, and reach an agreement for the distribution of assets and decide
what they take, and what I take to cope with the disease and more importantly,
to support my family (that this money not only supports themselves but also
use it to generate a business and thus a way to support themselves and
improve economically).