aspect of human life. Many have tired to define, capsulize, and summarize size ethics, each finding a different answer. Two people in particular to form a code of ethics are John Rawls and Ayn Rand. Rand and Rawls, two very distinct and contrasting individuals, each created unique ethical standpoints. To begin, Ayn Rand was born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. After teaching herself to read, at the age of six, and falling in love with European literature, by age nine
Kyle Dennis 12/10/2014 Public Sector Economics Dr. Stephenson Objectivism & Health Pharmaceutical Economics 1. An Introduction stating the problem that motivates the research. Ayn Rand was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. She published in 1957; Atlas Shrugged was her greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatized her unique philosophy in an intellectual mystery story that integrated ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and economics. Although
seven deadly sins. Ayn Rand, unlike most of the general populous, views greed not as a sin; but as a virtue, necessary for the well-being and improvement of both society and self. In Atlas Shrugged, the innovators and hard-workers in society isolated themselves at Galt’s Gulch to punish the common men who rode on the backs of their success. While the outside world would view the abandonment of society as selfish and greedy negatively, Rand sees these traits in a different light. Rand’s belief that socialism