Friday, May 16, 2008

Ayn Rand 101

A hilarious introduction to Ayn Rand's "Philosophy" (basically outline of a course syllabus):

III: “Throw the Bawling Baby Off the Cliff”:

Joys of viewing man as a heroic being with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, where reason alone dictates values and actions and rational self-interest and happiness of the individual always comes first. Discuss.

-- Assignment: Dramatize in a one-act play involving a dying mother and her only son’s need to sell her apartment for money to finance his vacation in Cancun.

via bookforum

3 comments:

Madhat said...

Alok, that was simply fabulous. Thanks for sharing! I am passing it along...

Alok said...

glad you liked it. This may be of interest too.

Madhat said...

I had an 'aha!' moment when I read this - 'Rand is the only novelist whose work has been read by every single US Congressman'.
That was a really well written article.