Should The Strong Support The Weak?

From reaching the cookie jar on the top shelf to donating to those living in poverty, every individual faces certain issues that require the guidance of someone older or stronger. Without the guidance of these people, it would be more difficult for the individual to efficiently solve any problems they may encounter. Whether the strong should support the weak is a topic that has raised many debates, with many fictional and real-life examples. Though society now emphasizes that the strong should support the weak, many still oppose that way of thinking. The strong in society should support the weak because of the various health benefits, self-benefits and societal benefits.

From a scientific standpoint, eliminating the weak, who constitute a massive part of the human population, will reduce the individual’s protection against more harmful diseases. For example, sickle cell anemia which is a disease common in African-American people provides an immunity against malaria and is also passed on hereditarily. As science is constantly evolving, a way to harness the properties of these people’s DNA will be developed thus helping to create vaccines. Eliminating a huge majority of the population would thus prevent racial immunities such as sickle cell anemia from surviving through the generations. One situation that has been countlessly documented is the creation of a vaccine using someone’s genetic information. In the video game, The Last of Us, the person who holds the only immunity and cure for a worldwide pandemic is a frail, young girl. By harnessing this girl’s genetic information, a cure would have been able to become produced. Had society eliminated her due to her being a young, weak girl, humanity would have lost its only hope. Fur...

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...iences hardships in their life and it is only with the support of other, stronger people that they can overcome those hardships in order to become stronger, more productive than they were before. The more productive, strong workers there are, the better society will be.

The strong should support the weak because of the health benefits, self-benefits and societal benefits. Eliminating the weak will result in the reduction of the individual’s protection against hereditary and viral diseases, they should be supported. Also, the fulfillment and respect one attains from one’s self and society is another reason to support the weak. Lastly, through the benefits society reaps from supporting the weak, the strong should support them. Imagine a world where no one helpschildren reach cookie jars and no one helps others less fortunate than them. What a sad world that would be.