Ayn Anthem Libertarianism Analysis

Throughout the novel, Anthem by Ayn Rand, it portrayed a lot of characteristics that relate to libertarianism. Looking back at old assignments, “Libertarianism is a theory of justice which claims that we owe to one another absolute respect for individual liberty rights. They proclaim a doctrine of self-ownership--i.e. the right to use one's body and resources as one sees fit so long as one does not interfere with the rights of others to do the same.” There are a lot of events that happened in the novel that show a libertarian way of life.
One example from the novel that I think can support the idea or concept of libertarianism is how the people in the novel lived their life. The reason I think that how they lived their life can support that is …show more content…
The way that he showed this is by not giving in when he was in trouble, when the council was asking him who else helped and knows about the discovery. Prometheus did not let his friends get in trouble giving up their rights because they did not want to get involved in the beginning. Prometheus showed a lot of respect to his friends and to his other brothers and for this is why I think the way he learned science was a great example of how the novel supported the idea or concept of libertarianism.
Throughout the novel, Anthem by Ayn Rand, there was a lot of different examples that could support the idea or concept of libertarianism. The two examples that I provided above are two examples that I think are important. The reason I think they are important is because they show the characteristics of the main character and the whole view of how the people in the novel lived their life and how they lived it for others. The novel through these examples can be a supporter of the idea or concept of