The three cardinal values of the Objectivist ethics—the three values which,
together, are the means to and the realization of one's ultimate value, one's
own life—are: Reason, Purpose, Self-Esteem, with their three corresponding
virtues: Rationality, Productiveness, Pride.
Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central
value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other values.
Reason is the source, the precondition of his productive work—pride is the
result.
<div class="social_block">
<div class="gplus_wrapper"><div class="g-plusone" data-href="https://aynrandlexicon.com/ # site base urllexicon/purpose/1.html" data-size="medium"></div></div>
<div class="fb-like" data-href="https://aynrandlexicon.com/ # site base urllexicon/purpose/1.html" data-send="false" data-layout="button_count" data-height="20" data-width="90" data-show-faces="false"></div>
</div>