Anthem, Ayn Rand, and WETCL test review

What is Ayn Rand most known for?

• Developing her philosophy Objectivism

• Developing the philosophy of Collectivism

• Developing the philosophy of Communism

• Developing the philosophy of Socialism

How would Ayn Rand feel about mandatory volunteer hours as a requirement for graduation?

• She would disagree with them because she doesn't like volunteering

• She would agree with them because they are valuable to society

• She would disagree with them because she doesn't believe in forcing people to do something

• She would agree with them because she believes in making people do things to help society.

True or False: Rand believes in forces people to do things.

• True

• False

How does Rand feel about the majority vote in political affairs?

• She doesn't believe in a government.

• She doesn't believe in the majority voting on anything

• If the majority votes on something then it must be just and allowed

• Just because a majority agrees on an issue doesn’t make the issue right. The majority should not be deciding for every individual man.

What is collectivism?

• Doing things for the greater good of the entire group and not for the individual. “The great WE.”

• Gathering everyone together.

• Going out into the world and collecting items.

• Where the society values the individual over the group.

How would Ayn Rand feel about a family opening a business they have always wanted with money they have saved over time?

• She would disagree, because they should contribute to the government.

• She would agree. If the family raised their own money and didn’t take any funds from the government, they can do with it as they want.

• She would disagree because it's not for the greater good.

• She would agree because it is helping the greater good of society. They should contribute money to others.

How is Rand’s view of love in a relationship different from the conventional or widely accepted view of love?

• She says that people should love everyone, no matter what

• She says that people shouldn't love anyone.

• She says that people should give love only if the receiver deserves it based on his/her virtues. Love goes to those who are worthy of it.

• She doesn't believe in love. It focuses on the individual and that is bad for society.

Does Rand believe that man should sacrifice himself for others?

• Yes. Man should make sacrifices for the greater good.

• No. Man should serve himself and his happiness, not worry about other people.

• Yes. Man should give up their desire for other people.

• No. Man should serve the government and no one else.

What is objectivism?

• The concept that man must work with other men in order to make the society achieve its goal

• The concept that man must put value of the group over the individual

• The concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

• The concept that man must look at everything objectively and there can be no feelings.

What is laissez-faire capitalism?

• Means to “leave us alone” or “let it be.” Leaving economic decisions up to individuals without interference from the government.

• It means that the government should make all the decisions for people

• It is the way in which other parts of the word govern themselves.

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