That surveys show that this is not a widely held view ought to be a matter for self-reflection.
For instance, what seems to matter for self-concern and rational anticipation is that my psychological life continue.
Although Phi Beta Kappa is the most well known of all honors organizations, membership is not just a matter of self esteem, an item for a resume, or a mention in job interviews.
It's a matter of self preservation.
Compulsory mortgage counseling for some borrowers may be the only way to prevent repetition of that disaster and is a matter of self-defense for all of us.
Secrest believes that his already frequent use of alcohol and drugs (hashish and, perhaps, opiates) was more a matter of self-medication, for physical suffering, than of self-indulgence.
Ranking systems have come to matter for the self-esteem of all Homo globalis.
Losing my birth name, ironically, has been for me a matter of self-definition.
Partly, it may be a matter of self-interest; Exelon, for instance, has big investments in renewable energy.
So our movement must begin practicing solidarity politics (or "intersectionality" as some call it) on a far broader scale, as a matter of self-preservation if for no other reason.
Influencing the Taliban, and directing their attention away from Pakistan and toward Afghanistan, has also become, for the generals, a matter of self-preservation.
