Reading the Ayn Rand\'s address, I could not help but notice how appropriate is as a first reading assignment in this class. Rand\'s account of being aboard a spaceship when it crashes, surviving, and the questions that ensue seem to be a little like dealing with life from the moment we are born. ...

Ayn Rand was a well-known novelist and philosopher who upheld individualism over collectivism and egoism over altruism. She defended the individual over all the forces that could weaken it. Ayn wrote several popular novels. Some of which included Anthem, Fountain Head, and Atlas Shrugged. She defen...

The Thought of One Ayn Rand, the author of many inspirational novels is one of the most controversial authors of the twentieth century. She defines her self as, "I am not primaraly an advovate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one ...