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:''Note: This is not to be confused with theories of economic value, which seek to explain why things have different market prices.''

The '''Objectivist theory of value''' is the [[ethics|ethical]] [[value theory|theory of value]] held by [[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivists]], as propounded by the founder of Objectivism, [[Ayn Rand]].<ref name="Obligation and Value">{{cite paper |last=Rasmussen |first=Douglas |title=Ayn Rand on Obligation and Value |version= |publisher=[[Libertarian Alliance]] |date=28 December 1990 |url=http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn025.pdf |format=PDF |id=ISBN 1-85637-120-4 |accessdate=2007-08-25 }}</ref> Rand held that the best expression of the Objectivist approach to values was presented in ''The Objectivist Ethics''.<ref>Rand (2005c), p. 107</ref>

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==External links==

*[http://www.aynrand.org The Ayn Rand Institute official website]

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