Question

In the early 1960s, a student asked a spokesman for Objectivism what would happen to the poor in an Objectivist's free society. The spokesman answered, "If you want to help them, you will not be stopped." Based on Rand's works, Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead, one will conclude that this would be the answer Ayn would have given to that student as well.

1. What do you conclude from the answer given by the Objectivist spokesperson?

2. Examine the notion that Objectivism, like moral relativism, is the opposite of ethics. Provide support for your position.

3. What clue in what she taught leads to your conclusion?

Answer 1