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:
Alok, that was simply fabulous. Thanks for sharing! I am passing it along...
glad you liked it. This may be of interest too.
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.
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