Ideologies / Objectivist / Howard Roark
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Howard Roark
The integrity of the creator
He'd rather destroy his work than compromise it.
Economic+52
SocialistMarket
Governance−90
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+35
TraditionalProgressive
Rand's architect-hero, who dynamites his own building rather than see it altered — the dramatised ideal of the uncompromising individual creator.
social
Uncompromising egoist; the creator owes the crowd nothing.
economic
Creative work for its own sake within a free market.
governance
Total individual autonomy; rejects the authority of the collective.
Notable for
- Protagonist of 'The Fountainhead'
- The courtroom speech
- Dynamites his own project
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