Ayn Rand

Question 1

When was Ayn Rand alive?

Answer 1

1905-1982

Question 2

What and when were her books?

Answer 2

Atlas Shrugged- 1957
The Virtue of Selfishness- 1964
The Fountainhead- 1943

Question 3

What type of conservatism did she hold?

Answer 3

New Right

Question 4

Ideas on society?

Answer 4

Talented individuals over ambitious governments create a successful society
‘Without, society would wither’

Question 5

What is objectivism?

Answer 5

All guided by self-interest and ‘rational self-fulfilment’

Question 6

What is Atomism?

Answer 6

Society is defined by millions of autonomous individuals
Independently seeking self-fulfilment/ realisation

Question 7

What is her justification?

Answer 7

Society does not exist in any practical form?
Loose collection of individuals

Question 8

What are her opinons on the economy?

Answer 8

Laissez-faire capitalism
Negative liberty
‘Rolling back the frontiers of the state’- tax cuts and privatisation

Question 9

What does she reject

Answer 9

Anarchism
Need parameters of the small state

Question 10

What was Liberty impossible without?

Answer 10

Order and humanity
Only provided by state
‘The small state is the strong state’

Question 11

What events happened in her lifetime?

Answer 11

New Right- 1970s
Republican Barry Goldwater 1964 US election
USSR and Tsarism
Jewish Bourgeoisie family