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The Randian hero is a ubiquitous figure in the fiction of 20th-century novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, most famously in the figures of The Fountainhead's Howard Roark and Atlas Shrugged's John Galt. Rand's self-declared purpose in writing fiction was to project an "ideal man"—a man who perseveres to achieve his values, and only his values.[1][2] As a conception of the ideal man, the Randian hero has much in common with Aristotle's conception of agathos, in that both are morally heroic and heroically rational.[1] The philosophers share a similar naturalist/objectivist meta-ethical perspective emphasizing character as the primary determinant of moral worth, and possess a fundamentally heroic attitude towards life.[1][3] The Randian hero exemplifies ethical egoism, the normative ethical position that the rational self-interest of the individual ought to be the basis for moral action.[1] The specific virtues of the Randian hero, like the Aristotelian ideal, are created from rationality,

Randian hero - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ubiquitous figure in Ayn Rand's fiction The Randian hero is a ubiquitous figure in the fiction of 20th-century novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand , most famously in the figures of The Fountainhead ' s Howard Roark and Atlas Shrugged ' s John Galt . Rand's self-declared purpose in writing fiction was to project an "ideal man"—a man who perseveres to achieve his values, and only his values. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Philosophical foundation [ edit ] Main articles: Objectivist ethics and Romantic realism As a conception of the ideal

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