Ayn Rand

[asterroc]

I haven't ever read Ayn Rand, and I have no intention of doing so. However, I am told that the author of the series I am currently reading, Terry Goodkind, is heavily influenced by her works, and her concepts of "objectivism" and "enlightened self interest." Anyone care to explain these concepts to me in shorter form?

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

It reminds me a bit of the concept of enlightened anarchy then, in that it too could result in a utopia ideally but in practice is impossible to carry out (due to things like criminals and outside nations).

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard of the term enlightened anarchy, but it sounds like another way to describe the same sort of thing.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Well, anarchy is a system of government. Self-interest is a set of personal actions. Objectivism I believe could exist in a laissez-faire capitalist society.