When I first started reading Jonathan Swift’s Proposal, I thought that he was going to come up with a serious idea on how to save beggars and their children from the streets. As I read on, I realized that his idea was sickening and immoral. Using children for money and as food is no better than killing them through abortion. I found his idea to be ridiculous as I kept on reading and the fact that he treats infants as objects and currency shows how inhuman this person is. Some of his ideas might actually help people, but I believe that the negatives far outweigh the positives in this situation.
In the story, he says that his scheme is to “prevent voluntary abortions and to stop women from murdering their children”, but what difference does it make if they are going to sell them or eat them? Most of his points are using infants’ lives as a way to benefit in monetary values and profits, which most people would find unethical. Although some of his points are actually beneficial, it is still a horrible way to earn a living by using children as objects.
