My Opinion of Anthem

Question A: I feel there is no such thing as a collective brain because people should think individually. No one can think for someone else they need to make their own choices. I don't think Peikoff's opinion would have changed because no matter what a person doesn't think collectively. If computers were to have all the knowledge in the world, I still don't think it should replace a human's brain. I think having a global brain can only bring forth more issues. Meaning that if computers were to become to intelligent humans would have to fight to stay alive.



Question B: I think what Ayn Rand is trying to say is that she knows what she wants in life and that's what makes her an individual. The possibilities she is discussing is, the fact that people are being considered a collective brain because they can't decide what they want in life.



Question D: I think what Peikoff meant was that America is finally thinking for itself. Not only are we thinking but, making decisions to write or speak about what we feel. In some ways my opinion of individualism differs because I think that people today are not expressing thier own opinions. America today is following the government and not making correct decisions that will bring a better future. China's collectivisim was seen by the way China handled the production of goods during the 2008 Olympics. China took control of the tainted food and made sure that farms didn't produce food that was going to make people sick.

Just My Opinion

"Man's Rights" discussed lots of individual rights and why people should have them. Two of those rights were the rights to property and action. The most concentrated right was the right to life. Also in this essay, Ayn Rand wrote about capitalism and how it is needed to uphold the law.

In the essay Collectivized "Rights", there was a certain key point that compared it to "Man's Rights". That point was the fact that most of the Collectivized "Rights" essay was based on "Man's Rights". Meaning that Ayn Rand based her rights of how society should be on the individual rights of man. For example, "just as a man needs a moral code in order to survive, so as society needs moral principles in order to organize a social system.

In my opinion there wasn't much contrast between the essays. I feel that way because the Collectivized "Rights" essay was based on individual rights. All in all, I found both essays interesting and I would like to read more of Ayn Rand's work.