Question

Read the excerpt from Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and answer the question. There is likewise another great Advantage in my Scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary A b or t i o n s, and that horrid practice of Women murdering their B a s t a r d Children, alas! too frequent among us, Sacrificing the poor innocent Babes, I doubt, more to avoid the Expence than the Shame, which would move Tears and Pity in the most Savage and inhuman breast. In this and similar statements, the writer of the proposal presents himself as a highly _____ and _____ man. Select all that apply. compassionate moral patriotic pragmatic

Answer 1

Answer:

Moral and Pragmatic. He believes in saving children at all costs.