Robert Mayhew is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University. His authored books include Ayn Rand and Song of Russia: Communism and Anti-Communism in 1940s Hollywood, The Female in Aristotle's Biology: Reason or Rationalization, and Aristotle's Critique of Plato's Republic; his edited collections include Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Ayn Rand Answers: The Best of her Q&A.

1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. The Part and Chapter Headings of Atlas Shrugged Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Who Was John Galt? The Creation of Ayn Rand's Ultimate Ideal Man Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The Spirit of Francisco d'Anconia: The Development of His Characterization Chapter 5 Chapter 4. A Note on Francisco's Ancestry Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Working for Ayn Rand: Selections from Facets of Ayn Rand Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Publishing Atlas Shrugged Chapter 8 Chapter 7. The Atlas Shrugged Reviews Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Reply to Whittaker Chambers Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Atlas Shrugged and the Metaphysics of Values Chapter 11 Chapter 10. Atlas Shrugged as the Culmination of the Romantic Novel Chapter 12 Chapter 11. A Tale of Two Novels Chapter 13 Chapter 12. Adapting Atlas Shrugged to Film Chapter 14 Chapter 13. Atlas Shrugged on the Role of the Mind in Man's Existence Chapter 15 Chapter 14. Ayn Rand's Ethics: From The Fountainhead to Atlas Shrugged Chapter 16 Chapter 15. No Tributes to Caesar: Good or Evil in Atlas Shrugged Chapter 17 Chapter 16. The Businessmen's Crucial Role: Material Men of the Mind Chapter 18 Chapter 17. The Traits of Business Heroes in Atlas Shrugged Chapter 19 Chapter 18. "Humanity's Darkest Evil": The Lethal Destructiveness of Non-Objective Law Chapter 20 Chapter 19. The Role of Galt's Speech in Atlas Shrugged Chapter 21 Chapter 20. Galt's Speech in Five Sentences (and Forty Questions) Chapter 22 Chapter 21. Discovering Atlantis: Atlas Shrugged's Demonstration of a New Moral Philosophy Chapter 23 Chapter 22. A Note on Dagny's "Final Choice"