Whereas prudential practical reasoning, on Kant's view, aims to maximize one's happiness, moral reasoning addresses the potential universalizability of the maxims — roughly, the intentions — on which one acts.
"It is unconscionable that some companies, often supported by dishonest officials, are using unethical tax avoidance, transfer pricing and anonymous company ownership to maximize their profits, while millions of Africans go without adequate nutrition, health and education".
Although Rubio won that election on a Tea Party wave, his carefully crafted campaign has sought to maximize his appeal to mainstream Republicans while retaining his conservative bona fides.
He is not going out there touting his experience in Massachusetts, he is saying, "I am a business guy and I know how to fix it," and this is his business.And when you are president as opposed to the head of a private-equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits.
It will be useful to read Mr Obama's remarks closely, as this line of attack promises to be a leading theme of his campaign:My view of private equity is that it is, it is set up to maximize profits and that is a healthy part of the free market, of course.
The central purpose of foreign policy is to maximize the nation's security and well-being.
Here, she is at her best.Ms Lennox tempers her immense vocal power in order to maximize nuance.
In my view, the latter is the only moral choice, and the only choice that creates incentives for investors to maximize real-economic return rather than, say, hide behind guaranteed debt and press politicians to ensure the purchasing power of that debt is sustained regardless of the cost to aggregate wealth.
The NYT points out the problem: "That could lead to increasingly difficult conflicts of interest for the government, as policy makers juggle broad economic objectives with the narrower responsibility to maximize the value of their bank shares on behalf of taxpayers".
This will both maximize carrying capacity, and allow passenger to move to less-crowded areas of the train, balancing loading and unloading times at all doors.Very few American subways allow passengers to move freely between cars.
Trim costs and distribute the cash to shareholders until it runs out.In a new post Tim Lee adds his thoughts to the above discussion:The CEO's job is to maximize shareholder returns.
