The speech in the courtroom by Howard Roark in Ayn Rands’ The Fountainhead mainly, presenting the philosophy of objectivism or individualism, which protects a man right to his own life and work, and together with view of human survival and the importance of creativity. Roark however claims, that the fully happy life must be the ethical life, a life of virtue, that morality is in ones’ self interest and that true self interest or happiness cannot be defined entirely independently of morality. Roark gains a case for his own innocence in view of the deliberate demolition of his own work. Roark suggests that individual intention of virtue is a means to happiness. And its relation to contingency suggested by Roark in his speech is the connection between virtue and happiness.
Roark starts off the speech by saying, “Thousands of years ago, the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had taught his brothers to light.” Here, mainly Roark says that the relationship between the creator and those lacking the ability and independence is to create. Moreover, his first few paragraphs of the speech pay attention to non passive creator who, during the history contributes very much to the development of the human race. Though, it was the creator who ultimately prevailed and the intention of the creator, Roark explains, is not mainly the happiness of others. Instead, it is the understanding of his own vision: “His truth was his only motive…A symphony, a book, an engine, a philosophy, an airplane or a building that was his goal and his life...The creation, not its users. The creation, not the benefits others derived from it.” And this vision, this creative inclination was, for Roark, a creature of the self. “Only by living for himself was he able to achieve the things which are the glory of mankind.” These accomplishments are the product of man mind, his way of survival. Every living thing has attributes providing it for survival. Roark...