Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them. Their values—are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car; it needs more mechanical maintenance, as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experience, however good the results. And at what point shoul
A. the human body can’t be compared to a car
B. the older a person, the more care he needs
C. too much emphasis has been put on old people’s values
D. physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessary to the old
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