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?

Ayn Rand is mentioned by name a few times in Illuminatus !, and her novel is alluded to by Hagbard who says, " If Atlas can Shrug and Telemachus can Sneeze, why can't Satan Repent?

Her graveside service in Valhalla, NY, consisted only of a reading of the poem " If " before Rand was buried beside her husband.

If one includes East Rand as part of the City of Johannesburg, then the dominance of Johannesburg as a " primate " city in South Africa becomes clear.

* If Not for the Cat ( 2004 ) ( illustrated by Ted Rand )

Rand defined an axiom as " a statement that identifies the base of knowledge and of any further statement pertaining to that knowledge, a statement necessarily contained in all others whether any particular speaker chooses to identify it or not.

According to Ayn Rand there is no such thing as “ a right to a job ”— there is only the right of free trade, that is: a man ’ s right to take a job if another man chooses to hire him.

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.

Rand characterized Objectivism as " a philosophy for living on earth ", grounded in reality, and aimed at defining human nature and the nature of the world in which we live.

A " whim-worshiper " or " hedonist ," according to Rand, is not motivated by a desire to live his own human life, but by a wish to live on a sub-human level.

After the publication of Rand ’ s most explicitly philosophical novel, Atlas Shrugged, and sensing an interest on the part of Rand ’ s readers in further philosophic education, Branden created in 1958 the Nathaniel Branden Institute ( NBI ) to disseminate Rand ’ s philosophy of Objectivism, by offering live and taped lecture courses by Rand, Branden, and a variety of other Objectivist intellectuals ( including Alan Greenspan, whom Branden had brought into Rand ’ s fold ).

Lanfear arrives and allows Rand to live and then helps him by limiting Asmodean's ability to channel the One Power: Asmodean will be forced to teach Rand how to use the One Power ( something only a male Forsaken can do ) because the Shadow will now believe him to be a traitor.

NBI also issued many of the lectures and presentations, as well as those done by Rand to other groups, as records, which were sold / distributed around the country for those who could not get to a live NBI lecture.

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.

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 repudiated the equation of rational selfishness with hedonistic or whim-worshiping " selfishness-without-a-self.

Rand opposed so-called " rational anarchism ," because she saw putting police and courts on the market as an inherent miscarriage of justice.

Ayn Rand considered that integrity " does not consist of loyalty to one's subjective whims, but of loyalty to rational principles ".

Although Rand never intended for Objectivism to become an organized movement, she heartily approved of rational individuals with the same ideas working toward a common goal.

Ayn Rand maintained that capitalism is the only morally valid socio-political system because it allows people to be free to act in their rational self-interest, and asserted that no politico-economic system in history has ever proved its value so eloquently or has benefited mankind so greatly.

In contrast, Rand saw ethics as a necessity for human survival and well-being, and argued that the " social " implications of morality, including natural rights, were simply a subset of the wider field of ethics.

The primary virtue in Objectivist ethics is rationality, as Rand meant it " the recognition and acceptance of reason as one's only source of knowledge, one's only judge of values and one's only guide to action.

In the field of ethics, Kelley has argued in works such as Unrugged Individualism ( 1996 ) and The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand ( 2000 ) that Objectivists should pay more attention to the virtue of benevolence and place less emphasis on issues of moral sanction.

He appeared on radio shows with Ayn Rand, and devoted considerable attention to her ideas in his ethics textbook Human Conduct.

Paterson believed Rand's ethics to be a unique contribution, writing to Rand in the 1940s, " You still don't seem to know yourself that your idea is new.

He has defended the arguments of Ayn Rand for ethical egoism, and also writes frequently on business ethics, a field in which he deploys a neo-Aristotelian ethical stance whereby commercial and business conduct gain their moral standing by constituting extensions of the virtues of productivity and prudence.

According to Rand, attaining knowledge beyond what is given in perception requires both volition ( or the exercise of free will ) and adherence to a specific method of validation through observation, concept-formation, and the application of inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning.

Rand argued that the primary focus of man's free will is in the choice: ' to think or not to think '.

" According to Rand, therefore, possessing free will, human beings must choose their values: one does not automatically hold one's own life as his ultimate value.

According to Rand, " man's mind will not function at the point of a gun.

There, defended by Cadsuane Melaidhrin's Aes Sedai and loyal Asha ' man against the Forsaken, Rand and Nynaeve link and use the Choedan Kal to cleanse saidin of the Dark One's taint so that men who channel will no longer go mad.

The New York Times review of the novel named Rand " a writer of great power " who writes " brilliantly, beautifully and bitterly ," and it stated that she had " written a hymn in praise of the individual ... you will not be able to read this masterful book without thinking through some of the basic concepts of our time.

The voice of Lews Therin suddenly speaks in a sane manner, helping Rand to realize that Pattern repeats are in fact blessing, as they receive a chance to undo their wrongs and to love again ( simultaneously Rand realizes that Ilyena will be reborn as well ).

It is strongly implied that he will never hear Lews Therin voice again, as he accepts him as part of himself, and two are completely united-this may be the fulfillment of Min's vision that saw Rand merging with another man.

It has also been hinted that Rand will become blind ; Perrin saw him through a ' window ' in Tel ' aran ' rhiod with a bandage across his eyes, while looking at him, Tuon thought " He didn't seem blinded yet, so that had yet to happen ", and Min saw a white-hot iron as part of a viewing of him, which suggests that he will be tortured and lose his eyes.

Min has seen many viewings about Alivia that she doesn't understand properly with the exception of one especially distinguishable ; " Alivia will help Rand die ".

She tells Gawyn that his sister Elayne Trakand loves Rand ; Gawyn, believing rumors that say Rand killed his mother, swears that he will see Rand die one day before wheeling away and retreating with his Younglings.

Rand comes to her and explains that he plans on destroying the Seals on the Dark One's Prison and will need her help to Reseal it.

At Dumai's Wells, Gawyn vows to Rand that he will see him dead for killing his mother.

He has discovered what Rand and Perrin already know: that the three of them must lead, and that the Wheel will push them into positions of authority no matter what they themselves want.

Ayn Rand, for instance, argued that " man against nature " is not a conflict because nature has no free will and thus can make no choices.

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