The phrase 'for selfish ends' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the purpose of an action or behavior when it is done primarily to benefit the person who is doing it, as opposed to benefiting the group or society as a whole. For example, "He supports the current government purely for selfish ends, hoping to gain some personal benefit from it."
Numbers without context -- and fictional ones concocted for selfish ends -- saturate the media.
Sudan's pro-democracy movement must thus overcome not only the military-security elite but also the meddling of foreign "strongmen" who back it for selfish ends.
Wang was later jailed for 15 years for defection, bribe-taking, abuse of power and "bending the law for selfish ends" by initially covering up Gu's crime.
As Mrs. Clinton was wrapping up her trip, a central figure in the scandal, Wang Lijun, was charged with "bending the law for selfish ends, defection, abuse of power and bribetaking," according to the official Xinhua news agency.
But while the McCain campaign apparently believes that women are easy marks for its latent feminist cross-dressing, a reality check suggests that most women can instantly identify any man who's hitting on them for selfish ends.
"To, on the one hand, abuse one's advantages in information technology for selfish ends, while on the other hand, making baseless accusations against other countries, shows double standards that will be of no help for peace and security in cyberspace," Colonel Yang said.
Unfortunately, a very small and clearly contemptible minority, including some in the Midwest, chose to exploit this tragedy for selfish end.
And while supporters of the project chastise opponents for standing in the way of renewable power development for purely selfish ends, Parker argues that the open vistas of Nantucket Sound are as worthy of preservation as other national landmarks.
The lawsuit accused him of committing fraud to "entrench himself on Uber's Board of Directors and increase his power over Uber for his own selfish ends," and of secretly clearing the way for his return.
If we all act for our own selfish ends, there will be far more material goods for us to share than there would be otherwise.
"The Scalamandres defrauded government agencies, evaded taxes, paid off organized crime leaders for 'labor peace' and perverted a worthy minority-business program, all for their own selfish ends," Alan Vinegrad, the United States attorney in Brooklyn, said in a statement.
