Moral Judgement In Anthem By Ayn Rand

“One must never fail to pass a moral judgment,” (Rand, 1). This statement is huge because this is a thing that happens all the time. People will pass a moral judgment and that is what they did in the book Anthem, by Ayn Rand. For the majority of the book, humans referred to themselves as “We”, not “I”. They were supposed to all act and think as one. Those who stood out, like Equality 7-2521, were frowned upon because they thought differently. Equality always addressed his different ways as a sin; “It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil,” (Rand, 1). Even though it is a sin to do those things, that is exactly what Equality did. The entire book is him writing about what is going on in life and his thoughts and feelings. Even though him

It is illegal to talk to a women, especially one from a different house, but once again his curiosity got the best of him. The two of them instantly fell for each other and when Equality became an outcast and fled to the forest, she followed him. Eventually they found a house and made it their own, vowing to never leave it except to hunt for food. They discovered hundreds of books and instantly began reading. This is how Equality learned the word “I” and cast away the word “We”; “It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal the wisdom of the sages,” (Rand, 97). Equality now believes that the word “we” is a sin and mankind need to be selfish by talking about themselves and staying true to themselves. They need to be able to think for themselves and act upon their own actions, not the actions of others. Equality’s assessment of this new concept is indeed correct because it is the way of life, unlike the way he was once