Ideologies / Objectivist / Dagny Taggart
Fiction§ The minds · fictional · United States · Railroad executive (fiction)
Dagny Taggart
The woman who runs the railroad
Competence as a moral virtue.
Economic+56
SocialistMarket
Governance−88
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+40
TraditionalProgressive
Rand's heroine, the railroad executive whose fierce competence and refusal of guilt make her the novel's embodiment of the productive, rational individualist.
social
Rational, independent, contemptuous of unearned guilt.
economic
Runs a great enterprise on merit against parasitic regulators.
governance
Believes in voluntary exchange, not state direction.
Notable for
- Heroine of 'Atlas Shrugged'
- Runs Taggart Transcontinental
- The competent producer ideal
§ The minds nearest Taggart
How close are you to Taggart?
Two minutes, three axes, 729 named ideologies — and your own affinity score with every mind on this page.
Take the quiz →Visit the Objectivist hall