Question

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."

Which false premise does the author rely on in this
excerpt?
I propose to provide for them in such a manner, as, instead
of being a charge upon their parents, or the parish, or
wanting food and raiment for the rest of their lives, they
shall, on the contrary, contribute to the feeding, and partly
to the cloathing of many thousands..
that parents would choose to disown their children
instead of caring for them
that parents would value their children over an improved
economy
that parents would rather sell their children than be
responsible for them
that parents would prefer to provide for their children
instead of selling them

Answer 1

the answer is c.) that parents would rather sell their children than be responsible for them.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: that parents would rather sell their children than be responsible for them.

Step-by-step explanation:

A False Premise refers to a situation where an argument is based on a wrong assumption. Normally this would mean that the argument would be wrong as well but sometimes this is not the case.

In this essay, the author, Jonathan Swift relied on the false premise that parents would rather sell their children than be responsible for them. In other words he was saying that parents would sell their children to the higher classes to to survive.