The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

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The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
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The Ideal is Oneself

• Why does it become sacred by the mere fact of
  not being your own? Why is anyone and everyone
  right--so long as its not yourself?

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Purpose

• I dont intend to build in order to have
  clients. I intend to have clients in order to
  build.

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Ends and Means

• Man--every man--is an end in himself, not the
  means to the ends of others.

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My Philosophy

• is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his
  own happiness as the moral purpose of his life,
  with productive achievement as his noblest
  activity, and reason as his only absolute.

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Atlas Shrugged

• This novel is usually thought of as Rands most
  extensive treatment of Objectivism in any of her
  works of fiction.

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Gender Roles

• Rand thought that the differences in the
  physiology of men and women led to the
  fundamental psychological differences that were
  the source of gender roles.

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A Philosophy of Freedom

• Rand defended the right of business to
  discriminate due to her belief that individual
  rights were more important than civil rights.

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The Irrationality of Racism

• Rand thought racism was irrational and was best
  fought by private rather than public means, such
  as through economic boycott and social ostracism.

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Summary

• Probably the best thing I can conclude about Ayn
  Rand is that she has made me think! Any time
  someone gets us to question our assumptions they
  have done us a favor.