Ayn Rand: What Makes A Good Person?

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Most people think a good person is someone who helps people put when they need a extra hand or doing what everyone wants you too. How I see a good person is someone who is true to his or her self and follows the rules as they are told.I think that because that's how i was taught when I was younger was too be true to myself and don't be fake, and I was also taught to follow the rules. Some people don't follow the rules but that doesn't make them a bad person, every situation is different for the rule following. For example if you shoot someone and the law is don't shoot someone, then I don't think that makes that person a good person because they know that it's not right to shoot someone. Something that I would consider a good person even if it says don't do it …show more content…
As I see her is kind of cold hearted she stated that she wouldn't help a child, even though she knew it was right. She also talks about how a good person would sometimes take care of someone before they would take care of themselves. She says a “in the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life with productive achievement, she's basically saying you have to make yourself happy which I agree with.
I Ayn has a lot of quotes that really show what kind of person she is, here is one that I really liked.
Q”The question isn't who is going to let me; it’s who's going to stop me”.
A I really think that this fits with the discussion because she spoke her mind and never let her opinion go, and she didn't let people walk all over her.
T The next quote that I really like of Ayn’s is very good quote of hers, it defines her so well and how she lived life.
I The second quote I picked was talking about the desire of a man, and how if he wants something he has to achieve it, I think that's kind of her definition of a good person like it won't just hit you in the face you have to make it how you want

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