This is Ayn Rand's challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the "atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion" that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophyand ethic of rational self-interestthat stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality"a philosophy for living on Earth"are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman for a new class, For the New Intellectual. This is Ayn Rand's challenge to the prevalent philosophical doctrines of our time and the "atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion" that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophyand ethic of rational self-interestthat stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. The fundamentals of this morality"a philosophy for living on Earth"are here vibrantly set forth by the spokesman for a new class, For the New Intellectual. Every book byAyn Randpublished in her lifetime is still in print, and hundreds of thousands of copies are sold each year, so far totalling more than twenty million. Several new volumes have been published posthumously. Her vision of man and her philosophy for living on earth have changed the lives of thousands of readers and launched a philosophic movement with a growing impact on American culture.