Abortion And Suicide Rhetorical Analysis

Marquis contends that abortion is immoral and thus supports the view that killing children and babies is unacceptable because the “loss of one’s life is one of the greatest losses one can suffer” (paragraph 23). I agree with Marquis as I feel that “all the experiences, activities, projects, and enjoyments” (paragraph 23) are what makes people different from each other, allowing them to create an identity for themselves, andenables people to create an identity for themselves, which that is what makes life worth living. Swift also supports this argument by mentioning that all these children are likely to “turn Thieves for want of work” (paragraph 1). Readers, especially the politicians of Ireland, will then feel offended as it implies that the …show more content…
He believes that one’s my “future can be valuable to me even if I do not value it” because “when a young person attempts suicide, but is rescued and goesa child rescued from suicide may go “on significant human achievements” (paragraph 49), he will be contributing to the community and will then be valued, not only by himself, but also by the society. Similarly, Swift mentioned that “mothers … are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg Sustenance for their helpless infants” (paragraph 1) and that children should not be killed simply because “they soon would become breeders” (paragraph 12). Readers – especially parents – will then feel offended and realise that theirThis forces readers to think of their own justifications for investing so much resources on raising these children effort spent on raising their children is worth their energy as these children will be able to bring joy to both themselves and the family members in the future; these children will form the future of the community and therefore play an important role in the future of the nation. Swift makes a strong argument by tapping onto the emotions of the readers and spurring us to formulate our own reasons for protecting these innocent childreninfants. However, Marquis’ arguments are more objective by directly addresses the opposition’s viewpoints. He puts forth a …show more content…
In “Why abortion is immoral”, Marquis sets out to explainstarts off by explaining the flaws in the current debate between the anti-abortionists and pro-choice parties, showing that he is objective in his argument. He then sets the background of his argument by stating the criteria for making his argument valid and unbeatableby defining what. He states that “A Natural property will ultimately explain the wrongness of killing, only if (1) the explanation fits with our intuitions about the matter and (2) there is no other natural property that provides the basis for a better explanation of the wrongness of killing” (Paragraph 24). In doing so,By being systematic, clearly shows the reader his entire thought process, making it easier for the readers to will be able follow his train of thoughts, thus allowing us to get a better understanding of his standperspective. Also, he provides the viewpoints of the pro-choice, and rebutted their argument by showing how the “desire account” is a relatively narrow perspective as this definition would make it moral to kill those who are “unconscious, the sleeping, those who are tired of life and those who are suicidal” (paragraph 40), which we strongly disagree with. Swift puts forth his argumentargues in the form of a satire, making his ideas extremely ridiculous, such as eating babies and using their skins to make garments, to express his views. to grab