Rand is quoted as writing that, " f a man accepts the ethics of altruism, his first concern is not how to live his life but how to sacrifice it.

Ayn Rand argued that there is a positive harmony of interests among free, rational humans, such that no moral agent can rationally coerce another person consistently with his own long-term self-interest.

According to Rand, voluntary trade alone can assure that human interaction is mutually beneficial.

Ethical egoists such as Rand who readily acknowledge the ( conditional ) value of others to an individual, and who readily endorse empathy for others, have argued the exact reverse from Rachels, that it is altruism which discriminates: " If the sensation of eating a cake is a value, then why is it an immoral indulgence in your stomach, but a moral goal for you to achieve in the stomach of others?

" It is therefore altruism which is an arbitrary position, according to Rand.

Writer Ayn Rand has argued that the protection of intellectual property is essentially a moral issue.

Objectivism is a system of philosophy created by philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand ( 1905 – 1982 ) that holds: reality exists independent of consciousness ; human beings gain knowledge rationally from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive and deductive logic ; the moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest.

Rand thinks the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights, embodied in pure laissez faire capitalism ; and the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form — a work of art — that he can comprehend and to which he can respond emotionally.

The word " Krugerrand " is a registered trade mark owned by Rand Refinery Limited, of Germiston.

This is sometimes called the Rand formula.

In September 1993, Namibia introduced its own currency, the Namibia Dollar ( N $), which is linked to the South African Rand at a fixed exchange rate of 1: 1.

Objectivism is a philosophy created by Russian-American philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand ( 1905 – 1982 ).

Rand held that existence is the perceptually self-evident fact at the base of all other knowledge, i. e., that " existence exists.

As Rand wrote, " A leaf ... cannot be all red and green at the same time, it cannot freeze and burn at the same time ... A is A.

Rand argues that consciousness, " the faculty of perceiving that which exists ," is an inherently relational phenomenon.

" According to Rand, it is entities that act, and every action is the action of an entity.

Rand consequently rejected epistemological skepticism, as she holds that the skeptics ' claim to knowledge " undistorted " by the form or the means of perception is impossible.

" Says Rand, " The attack on man's consciousness and particularly on his conceptual faculty has rested on the unchallenged premise that any knowledge acquired by a process of consciousness is necessarily subjective and cannot correspond to the facts of reality, since it is " processed knowledge ... all knowledge is processed knowledge — whether on the sensory, perceptual or conceptual level.

Among the ideas Rand pushed in Thoughts on Design was the practice of creating graphic works capable of retaining recognizable quality even after being blurred or mutilated, a test Rand routinely performed on his corporate identities.

However, there is little evidence that Rand was influenced by or even read Zamyatin's work, and she never mentioned it in discussions of her life in Russia.

In The Gathering Storm, Rand becomes even more void of emotion than ever before.

" Robert Mayhew cautioned that “ We should not conclude too quickly that these passages are strong evidence of an earlier Nietzschean phase in Ayn Rand ’ s development, because such language can be strictly metaphorical ( even if the result of an early interest in Nietzsche )”.

Rand was played by Hoyt Axton, who was always the filmmakers ' preferred choice for the role even though it was widely contested by other actors.

Ayn Rand greatly praised this book ( and Hugo's writing in general ), acknowledged it as a source of inspiration, and even wrote an introduction to one of its English-language editions.

Elayne's first appearance in the series, in The Eye of The World, is when Rand al ' Thor literally falls into the Royal Garden and makes acquaintances with Elayne, her older brother Gawyn Trakand and their half-brother Galad Damodred, and even Queen Morgase herself.

Shortly afterwards he is killed yet again inside the royal palace by an unknown assailant, just as he has an apparent change of heart by mentally resigning himself to choosing to now side with Rand against the Dark One, even if it means the loss of his immortality.

After this merger, his compulsion to hunt Rand, Mat and Perrin grew even stronger, aided by the fact that he could already sense where they were.

Rand cited examples of popular and critically acclaimed films which in her view contained hidden Communist or " Collectivist " messages that had not been recognized as such, even by conservatives.

In this role, he continued to accompany Rand, even confronting Demandred at Shadar Logoth during the cleansing of saidin.

It is revealed by Moiraine that Rand ( like his friends Mat Cauthon and Perrin Aybara ) is Ta ' veren-a person around whom the Pattern is woven.

Hawkwing has been credited, after Rand al ' Thor, as the strongest ta ' veren in recorded history.

* Eldest Alar-claims she can feel Rand is ta ' veren, though admits the Talent does not run strong in the Ogier from Stedding Tsofu.

In Emond's Field, Perrin Aybara, making his return to the series after his absence in the previous book, feels the pull of ta ' veren upon ta ' veren and heads to Caemlyn to join Rand.

Mat, like Rand and Perrin, was led away from the Two Rivers on Winternight by Moiraine Damodred, and it was revealed that all three were ta ' veren, threads that create a swirl in the pattern disrupting the surrounding area.

While Rand and Perrin also display the ta ' veren < nowiki >' s </ nowiki > ability to bend chance, they usually create as many unlikely misfortunes as they do miracles ; Mat spreads and experiences nothing but good luck.

She located Rand and the other Two Rivers ta ' veren, and brought them all over the world.

NOTE: Rand is the strongest of the three current ta ' veren and as such, has a greater pull on Mat and Perrin.

Rand is able to use the Stone to return to their own world, albeit much farther ahead than either Fain's or Ingtar's group.

The Rand Mine produced more silver than any mine in California.

However, the early market share of the UNIVAC I was lower than the Remington Rand Company wished.

Macmillan Publishing, which had published We the Living, rejected the book after Rand insisted that they must provide more publicity for her new novel than they did for the first one.

The book has a particular appeal to young people, an appeal that led historian James Baker to describe it as " more important than its detractors think, although not as important as Rand fans imagine.

Other than apparently ordering the death of Rand al ' Thor at least once, his plans have yet to be revealed.

They have pledged to teach him " laughter and tears ", though in different ways, as Rand has conditioned himself not to feel emotion by reciting the names of all the women who have died directly because of his actions over and over to himself, forcing himself to become harder and harder, or as he puts it, " harder than steel ".

It is hinted that Rand now possesses all the memories and skills of his previous reincarnation, Lews Therin ; When called a boy by Cadsuane, he mentions that he is older than 400 years, and therefore should receive some respect from her, and half-seriously suggests to her to address him as Rand Sedai, as " I am, so far as I know, the only male Aes Sedai still alive who was properly raised but who never turned to the Shadow ".

She takes a water oath with Cadsuane Melaidhrin to teach Rand laughter and tears, to teach him to be strong rather than hard.

Remington Rand produced more M1911A1 pistols than any other wartime manufacturer.

As of 2004, no fan dancer has been more famous than Sally Rand, who popularized it in the 1930s, remained the symbol of it throughout the middle of the 20th century, and continued to perform it beyond the age of 70.

Today the city is focused more on industry and services, rather than mining, and is used as a service hub for other East Rand towns such as Brakpan, Nigel and Springs.

However, Rand is angered that the Salidar Aes Sedai disobeyed his orders in bringing more than the alloted number of sisters, offers them the choice of being treated like the Tower Aes Sedai, kept prisoner by the Asha ' man or swearing an oath of fealty to him.

De Lille led the call for an investigation into alleged corruption in South Africa's purchase of weapons costing £ 4bn from British and other European manufacturers ( that cost has soared on the basis of foreign currency collapses to more than its original cost although the Rand £ and Rand $ exchange rates have now reduced the costs to almost the same level as the original cost .).

Rather than paying the required royalties for Ballistite, Laflin & Rand financed Leonard's reorganization as the American Smokeless Powder Company.

Some guests proffer progressive views similar to Hartmann's, but more than half are conservatives, libertarians, or Ayn Rand Institute members < ref >

Charlie is annoyed with being a subject in Uhura's performance as well as Rand paying more attention to the song than to him, so he causes Uhura to abruptly ( but temporarily ) lose her voice.

According to Reynolds and Rand, " The term ten-gallon did not originally refer to the holding capacity of the hat, but to the width of a Mexican sombrero hatband, and is more closely related to this unit of measurement by the Spanish than to the water-holding capacity of a Stetson .”

As yet, there is no freeway that spans the entire length of the Rand, but plans are in motion to extend the N17 freeway from central Johannesburg to Krugersdorp, so that a motorist could cross the area in less than an hour.

From this incident Rand got the idea to make the victim a businessman of great ambition and dubious character, who could have been murdered for more than one reason.

Jennifer Burns expressed a similar view, stating that the play's attempts to portray individualism had " dubious results ... Rand intended Bjorn Faulkner to embody heroic individualism, but in the play he comes off as little more than an unscrupulous businessman with a taste for rough sex.