At the heart of individualism, both as a philosophy and a tangible basis for societal organization designed to promote happiness, is the idea of self-ownership. Individuals are independent and sovereign...
Love is often platitudinously expressed as being selfless, the notion that one surrenders the essence of themselves to another portrayed as the ultimate act of romance. But love requires mutual...
The individual–the smallest minority on earth–has the right to live for his own sake. This means not only the freedom to set his own moral code and seek out actions...
Capitalism has a philosophical component. It is the only economic system that not only protects an individual’s right of conscience but encourages the development and implementation of an individual’s moral...
Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy holds as its highest precept the individual’s ability to live for himself. But this is not, as some critics allege, an invitation to hedonism. Nor is...
Retaining one’s values and thriving as an individualist is not an easy task. Ideologues and people who point to values as a guide in political and social actions are frequently...
