Modest Proposal By Swif Swift

Without ethics, man has no future. This is to say, mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities. - John Berger. In the early 1700s Ireland was in poverty. With too many people begging and not many people doing anything about the problem, Jonathan swift wrote a sarcastic essay about his proposal to solve the problem.
His proposal was to sell children as food for profit. Swift writes about fattening up the children in order to sell them to the rich people so that it spares the poor people the money it takes to raise them. This also takes care of overpopulation in the land and it would also bring great business. Obviously this proposal is not ethical, but did he go too far into trying to prove his point?
Sentences like, “I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled …” could be offensive to people with young children. In many cases it seems he was too focused on humor. He goes into such detail that some sentences are just gross. Many of his descriptions go too far into trying to prove his point. Even though Swift was not being serious, and that he was implying something extreme needed to happen, his descriptions could make audiences forget about his messages. In conclusion, Swift did go too far into trying to prove his point in his modest proposal