The NOT so Simple Principal of Helping the Poor “America will never be destroyed by the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves” (Abraham Lincoln). When the wealthy doesn’t help the poor the wealthy are crushing their own wealth in their country’s values. Swift’s view is better than Hardin because Swift has had the title of being poor. The wealthy should help poor. My reasons are as following; overpopulation, famine aid, and no work. In my reading “LifeBoat Ethics” by Garrett Hardin and “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, are both similar cases in dealing with the poor but Swift’s uses patos and Hardin agreement is based on logos. So Swift is the family guy, where as Swift is the one who
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He will be the one who agrees with no work and no food. He will also be the one who flips the person around and will help find a job and then offer some more relief if needed. He doesn’t agree with charity, he agrees with helping in different ways. Swift is the Good Samaritan, even though the reader doesn’t see it at first because the use of satire. The Good Samaritan is the one who saw the guy on the road and helped him back on to his feet. He gave the crippled guy a ride to the nearest doctor and provided him with what he was able to give. The Good Samaritan didn’t just throw some money down on the road for the guy he did what we are all called to do. That would be helping each other out! Hardin says no help, right off the bat. In his plan, he sees giving aid to the poor is not the way to go. It will only cause more problems and make present problems …show more content…
When they have a local job, they will be able to purchase local goods. The simple principle when people work, people eat! Weather the food is some form given to them or they are responsible for all their local food. Here we see that Swift offers the opportunity for change. Which the reader sees played out in Swift’s life going from “poor” to “well off”. On the other hand, Hardin poses a different idea. Hardin see that the poor and unskilled workers are absolute drain. They are a drain on society. No! If society didn’t have the lower skilled workers, who would do their jobs? The wealthy, I guess. The wealthy would get stuck, if the poor was unseen. The wealthy would get stuck doing the “unfun” jobs. It’s
He will be the one who agrees with no work and no food. He will also be the one who flips the person around and will help find a job and then offer some more relief if needed. He doesn’t agree with charity, he agrees with helping in different ways. Swift is the Good Samaritan, even though the reader doesn’t see it at first because the use of satire. The Good Samaritan is the one who saw the guy on the road and helped him back on to his feet. He gave the crippled guy a ride to the nearest doctor and provided him with what he was able to give. The Good Samaritan didn’t just throw some money down on the road for the guy he did what we are all called to do. That would be helping each other out! Hardin says no help, right off the bat. In his plan, he sees giving aid to the poor is not the way to go. It will only cause more problems and make present problems …show more content…
When they have a local job, they will be able to purchase local goods. The simple principle when people work, people eat! Weather the food is some form given to them or they are responsible for all their local food. Here we see that Swift offers the opportunity for change. Which the reader sees played out in Swift’s life going from “poor” to “well off”. On the other hand, Hardin poses a different idea. Hardin see that the poor and unskilled workers are absolute drain. They are a drain on society. No! If society didn’t have the lower skilled workers, who would do their jobs? The wealthy, I guess. The wealthy would get stuck, if the poor was unseen. The wealthy would get stuck doing the “unfun” jobs. It’s