“To redeem both man and morality,” she argues in the book, “it is the concept of ‘ selfishness’ that one has to redeem.” A conception of selfishness that leads us to condemn an industrialist who produces a fortune and a gangster who robs a bank, “as equally immoral, since they both sought wealth for their own ‘selfish’ benefit” is deeply flawed. We all know that selfishness is evil, right? Ayn Rand challenges us to think again. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s last novel, is a dramatization of her unique vision of existence and of man’s highest potential. With adoring fans, rabid critics and very few in between, why does Atlas Shrugged evoke such impassioned responses? Because it grapples with the fundamental problems of human existence - and presents radically new answers.
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