Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World

<p>Why is the modern world characterized by such widespread anxiety about impending disaster--combined with an evasive refusal to search for the means of averting it? Because, Ayn Rand answers, today's intellectuals dare not acknowledge the fact that such disaster is the consequence of their moral code of altruism. An extensive question & answer period covers such topics as Ayn Rand's recommended books on capitalism; the meaning of the virtue of productiveness for a businessman whose wealth is already assured; why the use of force is not in a rational individual's interests; breaking with society versus breaking with the culture; the psychology of Dominique in The Fountainhead</p>