![]() The primary value, the "highest moral purpose", is happiness (cf. The specific virtues of the Randian hero, like the Aristotelian ideal, are created from rationality, the primary virtue rationality is the hero's basic tool of survival, to be exercised at all times. 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. ![]() 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. ![]() Main articles: Objectivist ethics and Romantic realismĪs 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. ![]()
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