Rand called her philosophy "Objectivism", describing its essence as "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".
ɹˈænd kˈɔːld hɜː fɪlˈɑːsəfi "ɑːbdʒˈɛktɪvˌɪzəm", dᵻskɹˈaɪbɪŋ ɪts ˈɛsəns æz "ðə kˈɑːnsɛpt ʌv mˈæn æz ɐ hɪɹˈoʊɪk bˈiːɪŋ, wɪð hɪz ˈoʊn hˈæpɪnəs æz ðə mˈɔːɹəl pˈɜːpəs ʌv hɪz lˈaɪf, wɪð pɹədˈʌktɪv ɐtʃˈiːvmənt æz hɪz nˈoʊbəlɪst æktˈɪvᵻɾi, ænd ɹˈiːzən æz hɪz ˈoʊnli ˈæbsəlˌuːt".