ASSIGNMENT 2 (QUESTION 3)

“If money were the only criterion by which a child’s welfare can be gauged, then a baby bought for as much as RM40, 000 on the black market would seem set for life. For money- rich but child poor couples, it is a small price to pay to introduce a small life info into their home. The cot is gilded, the blanket monogrammed, the college fund filled to the brim. All that’s wanting is a bun in the oven. And where there is a baby-for-sale racket, money can indeed buy happiness. And after all, why not? (NST, March 3,2013)

•       Provide at least two (2) premises or two (2) counter arguments for the statement based on your agreement.

a)      Money can buy happiness

The first premise is money can indeed buy happiness. With money, we can buy anything that we want. For example, parents that do not have children, they tend to buy baby even though with high price. They don’t think about the price but what they think is happiness. For parents that want a baby, they don’t care about where they get the baby even they get the baby from black market. They believe that if they have baby, they will get the happiness. Happiness is when we get all what we want. But there are some parents that are willing to sell their children as they want to get the money.

b)      Black market is not the issue for the wealthy.

Usually they are from the poor family where they are no longer can support their family and lastly they have no choice and have to sell their children. For them kids is not that matter as long as they get the money, they willing to give their children to another people. As for the above statement, it said that people willing to buy baby in black market. This statement show that for those who come from rich family, they will do anything as long as they get the happiness. It means that baby bought in the black market is no longer the problem for the rich people in order to get the baby in easy way.