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Author: djproject

Jan 16th 2013 at 7:24:36 PM

My apologies.

In a nutshell, Ayn Rand's philosophy is called Objectivism.  It asserts that reason is the foundation for everything in life, the individual takes precedent over any collective and man should live according to rational self-interest.  In terms of ethics, egoism is the only moral way to life and altruism is inherently immoral.

Usually when someone is called "Randian", it means one chooses to be rational over emotional, doing things according to a rational self-interest (or for one's benefit), is sceptical of anything and everything that's done "for the greater good" and often is a man-alone who goes against the grain of society.

Obviously Howard Roark from _The Fountainhead_ and Henry Rearden/Dagny Taggart from _Atlas Shrugged_ can be defined as Randian heroes as they are the central protagonists and reflect Ayn Rand's philosophy.  But you can apply to other people who fit those characteristics even when they are not intended to be so (and usually when there's an open spite against her).

Just a thought.  Hope this helps.