For the New Intellectual The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

by Rand, Ayn

• ISBN13: 9780451163080
• ISBN10: 0451163087
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781101137680
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780451141033
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1963-12-01
• Publisher: Signet

Summary

This is Ayn Rand's challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time, and the "atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion" that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was a proponent of a moral philosophy called Objectivism-and ethic of rational self-interest-that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality-"a philosophy for living on earth-are here vibrantly set forth by the spokeswoman for a new kind of intellectual.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
For the New Intellectual	9	(50)
We the Living	59	(4)
Anthem	63	(4)
The Fountainhead	67	(20)
The Nature of the Second-Hander
The Soul of a Collectivist
The Soul of an Individualist
Atlas Shrugged	87
The Meaning of Money
The Martyrdom of the Industrialists
The Moral Meaning of Capitalism
The Meaning of Sex
``From Each According to his Ability, to Each According to his Need''
The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine
The Nature of an Artist
``This is John Galt Speaking''