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It would be Ayn Rand
Rep. Paul Ryan has officially been elected as the 54th speaker of the House after he got the votes of 236 members. At an Atlas Society meeting celebrating Ayn Rand's life in 2005, Ryan said that "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand"
"I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. It’s inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff."
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness," "Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
Representative Paul Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Greenspan was born and educated in New York City, where he earned a BA, MA and, 27 years later in 1977, a PhD in economics. After earning his MA in 1950, Greenspan became a 20-year associate of famed philosopher Ayn Rand, author of books "The Virtue of Selfishness," "Atlas Shrugged" and more. Greenspan wrote for Rand’s newsletters and authored a chapter for a Rand book. As legend has it, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was once a member of Ayn Rand's 1960's salon. He was invited guest at Rand's apartment and apparently was close enough to have read her epic Atlas Shrugged as it came off her typewriter.
Representative Paul Ryan, it is necessary to understand their intellectual forebear, Ayn Rand. Ms. Rand was one of the most extreme public intellectuals of the twentieth century. As her central creed, she rejected the idea that people in a community should approach each other with charity, compassion, and altruism.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Not even close to most extreme in that direction. That would ignore the REAL "right wing" (individualist anarchist) thinkers who at least were consistent. People like Benjamin Tucker, Lysander Spooner, et al.
Among those who call themselves "libertarians" (what the individualist anarchists tend to call themselves) there is a huge divide between the 10% or so who really are and the 90% who are fakes, or at least inconistent. In effect, apologists for capitalism (the REAL individualist anarchists are brutally consistent; would consider a corporation just as much an impermissible "collectivism" as a socialist state). What I call the "fakes" want no restriction on THEIR ability to organize collectively for their self interest but want their opponents to be barred from doing so as impermissible "collectivism".
But please, in the generalized considration of Ethics (note capitalization, a branch of philosophy) it isn't quite so easy to dosmiss the "egpoists" out of hand. Not that there aren't more generals problems with academic philosophy versus practical ehtins for the real world.