existence exist? Is “A” always “A”? What would happen if the elites who figuratively support the weight of the world shrug off their responsibilities and allow the world to fall? Who is John Galt? Such are the questions addressed in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged‚ a 1957 philosophical dystopian-fiction novel that the author regards as her masterpiece in the fiction genre. Rand introduces John Galt‚ the novel’s main character‚ not as a character‚ but as a question. The question‚ “Who is John Galt?” is not
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Being selfish is described as arising from concern with one’s own welfare or advantage in disregard of others (Selfish‚ n.d.). Ayn Rand was‚ and still is‚ one of America’s most controversial individualists due to many reasons‚ including urging people to be selfish. Her philosophy of selfishness is to pursue your own happiness as your highest moral aim. Through her many works of fiction and philosophical ideas‚ Rand continues to influence independent thinkers throughout the world. February 2‚ 1905
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philosophy‚ in essence‚ is the concept of man as a heroic being‚ with his own happiness as the temporal purpose of his life‚ with productive achievement as his noblest activity‚ and reason as his only absolute.” —Ayn Rand‚ “About the Author” in Atlas Shrugged As a construct of Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism‚ Hank Reardon holds the production of his Metal as his noblest activity: the method by which he chooses to shape reality by the product of his rational mind. Under the directives of the Bureau
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meaning of this idiom is everyone should do what is best for themselves‚ without any reservations‚ or concerns for other people. The legendary character Robin Hood and the Ragnar Danneskjold‚ the pirate in Atlas Shrugged would have contrasting opinions on this commonly used idiom. In Atlas Shrugged‚ Ragnar Danneskjold ’s views on morality contradict with those of Robin Hood. The background stories of Robin Hood and Ragnar Danneskjold are major influences of their contrasting views on morality. Ragnar
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A central pillar of Objectivism is the concept of an objective reality characterized by absolutes: What exists exists‚ and has certain properties‚ and obeys certain laws. James Taggart‚ like many of the villains of Atlas Shrugged‚ refuses to accept these principles. A world of immutable absolutes is a world not subject to his whims‚ and this frustrates him endlessly. His first words in the novel‚ “Don’t bother me‚” foreshadow his relentless struggle to deny reality. Taggart is speaking‚ in this case
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Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged In the society created by Ayn Rand in her novel Atlas Shrugged‚ the unmotivated feed off of the desire of the purposeful‚ politicians destroy success in an attempt to gain it‚ and entitlement is an epidemic. Dagny Taggart is the Vice-President of Operations of Taggart Transcontinental‚ her family railroad empire. Her brother‚ Jim‚ fills the role of President. The country is slipping into economic turmoil‚ and the state of the railroad is following suit. Jim and his fellow
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something I asked myself for a long time. What do we stand for? what makes us unique? what makes an ability “human”? In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged we see a privateer‚ a philosopher by the name of Ragnar Danneskjold who loves justice‚ who loves human ability but what is the so called ability he loves? A slogan made popular by Karl Marx and an idea which lead the company he worked for to ruin was: “From each according to his ability‚ to each according to his need” Could it be that the so-called ability
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ATLAS METAL COMPANY CASE Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to help a financial special assistant‚ Linda‚ to analyze the financial position of Atlas Metals Company and deciding its capital budgeting and capital structure. Firstly‚ I explain why firm should use Net Present Value (NPV) methods for capital budgeting rather than Return on Investment (ROI) method and Payback Period method. Secondly‚ I calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) which will be used as discount rate
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The novel Atlas Shrugged‚ set in a dystopian United States at an unspecified time‚ by Ayn Rand dramatically expresses the philosophical value like ethical egoism of the author‚ since he himself developed a philosophical system‚ Objectivism‚ and other concept like sanction of the victim‚ and other values regarding to government and business‚ property rights and individualism‚ and theory of sex. The story is surrounded a railroad company and its operators‚ the Taggarts‚ and the two main characters
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In the early decades of the twentieth century‚ Canada went through significant changes. A lot of trends and inventions became known in these years that are still relevant today. Many changes were made on the provinces and laws that helped shape Canada into the country it is now. Canada went through much social change in these years also‚ from medical inventions to new entertainment to the rights of its citizens. Not only the laws‚ but provinces and people faced much positive change in this time.
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