The conflict, as it rages on, is spreading its virulence, beginning to infect Arab governments that are important to America's self-interest, both for strategic and energy reasons.
And even though such policies are at odds with these voters' own self interest, for reasons that still puzzle most political analysts, they have pledged their unyielding allegiance to Trump.
I admire the ones who ignore their own self interest and work for the betterment of all.
Behavioral analysis attempts to account for standard objections often raised to law and economics, such as the imperfect rationality of fallible human beings and the importance of considerations that cannot be reduced to self-interest--for example loyalty, solidarity, community, altruism, and other moral values.
The Leagues are not there for self interest.
Powerful corporate interests are taking advantage of tea party anger for their own self interest.
The biggest motivation for design is always self interest.
It is far removed from "prudence" in the sense of "rational self-interest", for by prudentia one is actively aware that self-interest is self-stunting or indeed self-destructive unless one transcends it by one's dispositions and acts of justice and friendship or love.
A sampling of the wishes comports with the ambitious idealism of the Occupy Movement: "for the common good over political self-interest," "for the human race to thrive," "for no more evictions," and "for the end of austerity".
It will take very significant resources to address them, and there are strong grounds – both moral and self-interest – for the better-off countries to provide the bulk of those resources.
Partly, it may be a matter of self-interest; Exelon, for instance, has big investments in renewable energy.
