Write a 200-word Observation by telling us what you think about my friend Caryn: I have this friend, let’s call her Caryn, who told me this:
“I went to hotel in LA, and thought it wasn’t a good hotel. I went to a travel advice website and submitted a review, that said that this hotel was terrible. A day
later, I was contacted by the hotel. The hotel manager saw my review, and looked up my email address in their reservation system. He offered me $500 to delete my
review. I took the money, and I deleted the review.”
Tell us whether you think that Caryn’s decision to take the $500 would pass Kant’s Categorical Imperative test. You have to figure out her maxim behind her decision to
agree to this deal. Then tell us the anonymous version of that maxim. Then test that maxim – what would happen if everyone acted from that same maxim that she did?
Hint – How many people doing just what Caryn has done would it take until people stop trusting what people say on travel advice websites?