ESSAY N. 2
Values fairness and justice applied to A Modest
Proposal.
First we must understand the meaning of these two
values. Fairness is the quality of making judgments that are free from
discrimination. Justice is the quality of being impartial and fair but also is
an action that is morally right and fair.
These values are actually very similar but the
difference between them is that fairness is about having a proper perspective
and justice is about having the right thing done.
At the beginning I see these two values
reflected but during the story the values are lost. There is a town that is
full of rich people but also there are a lot of poor people so Jonathan Swift
seeing all the problems that were in this town he created a proposal or a plan
to eradicate overpopulation and poverty and also for bring equality and
fairness to the town.
This plan consists in selling the children of
the poor people since they turn one year old and they will be the food of the
rich people.
In my personal opinion I think that there are
many other alternatives to maybe obtain money or to eradicate the
overpopulation and poverty instead of killing babies so at this part of the story
all of the values are lost because is not fair that even the poor people don’t have
like the resources for have a good life or satisfy their needs now they have to
give and sell their kids for please the hungry of the rich people that already
have all want they want so that is a case of injustice.
I also think that maybe Jonathan suggest this
proposal because he never had a child, also he doesn’t have a family so he is
not conscious of how horrible is to lose a son.
As I said before at the beginning of the story I
saw the values because of the intention of Jonathan Swift to fix the economy
and to provide equality to the town but later I could realize that the things weren’t
very pleasant because they had a dark part and too many acts were committed that
were not what represent justice or fairness. So I can conclude that in this
story we cannot find any of the values presented because of the actions that
are showed by the characters is obvious notice that all is the opposite.
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