which you may find interesting, the philosophy of Objectivism: "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." —Ayn Rand

Its bible is "The fountainhead" and "atlas shrugged": <url>http://www.aynrand.org/</url>