Hello Professor and Fellow Classmate,
From the answer given by the Objectivist spokesperson, I conclude that Rand would answer the same way. She believed that if a man want to live on this earth, he has to achieve his own happiness, he must not force other people nor accept their right to force him (Week 6 Lesson). She believed that we as human responsible for our own happiness, our own duties and obligation. If we want to live happily and ethically, we should seek for it ourselves instead of getting help or giving help for others. Because that will make you become a “sacrificial object”. We all should have self-esteem. In this dilemma, the answer “if you want to help them, you will not be stopped” doesn’t indicate right/wrong answer. If we
From the answer given by the Objectivist spokesperson, I conclude that Rand would answer the same way. She believed that if a man want to live on this earth, he has to achieve his own happiness, he must not force other people nor accept their right to force him (Week 6 Lesson). She believed that we as human responsible for our own happiness, our own duties and obligation. If we want to live happily and ethically, we should seek for it ourselves instead of getting help or giving help for others. Because that will make you become a “sacrificial object”. We all should have self-esteem. In this dilemma, the answer “if you want to help them, you will not be stopped” doesn’t indicate right/wrong answer. If we