[Consider the catch phrase:]
“It may be true for you, but it’s not true for me.”
~ Ayn Rand
"What is the meaning of the concept “truth”? Truth is the recognition of reality. (This is known as the correspondence theory of truth.)
"The same thing cannot be true and untrue
at the same time and in the same respect."
~ Ayn Rand
That catch phrase, therefore, means:
A. That the Law of Identity is invalid;
B. That there is no objectively perceivable reality, only some indeterminate flux which is nothing in particular, i.e., that there is no reality (in which case, there can be no such thing as truth); or
C. That the two debaters perceive two different universes (in which case, no debate is possible). (The purpose of the catch phrase is the destruction of objectivity.)"...
~ Found at the Ayn Rand Lexicon
"The term “interests” is a wide abstraction that covers the entire field of ethics.
"It includes the issues of:
man’s values,
his desires,
his goals
and their actual achievement in reality."
~ Ayn Rand
A man’s “interests” depend on the kind of goals he chooses to pursue, his choice of goals depends on his desires, his desires depend on his values—and, for a rational man, his values depend on the judgment of his mind.
Desires (or feelings or emotions or wishes or whims) are not tools of cognition; they are not a valid standard of value, nor a valid criterion of man’s interests."....
"The mere fact that a man desires something
does not constitute a proof that the object of his desire is good,
nor that its achievement is actually to his interest."
~ Ayn Rand
