It operates out of self-motive and is shortsighted.
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It is important to distinguish that in other cases the primary intent is homicide and the event represents domestic violence rather than a primarily self destructive motive (Salari and Lefevre-Sillito 2006).
Stragier et al. (2016) studied new online fitness platforms, and NC were more driven by self-regulatory motives and social motives to use the new system, and enjoyment was more important for EX.
You'll sense the difference between a healthy desire to teach or share versus a shallow, self-serving motive, and you can guide the child toward healthy pursuits.
Any outside obligation, whether to God or to other people, would weaken the self-preservative motive on which the contract depends.
"I would guess that this report has the same self-serving motive that most of these reports have, which is to scare people and make politicians think that there is a crisis out there," Mr. Ricci said.
It's a self-serving motive.
There is a legitimate self-interested motive in their denunciations--Muslims are vastly more likely to be the victims of extremist violence than non-Muslims.
Maricopa County Prosecutor Juan Martinez cited the various stories that Arias had told law enforcement before she finally settled on a self-defense motive.
But Walsh's accusations, along with the disclosure that Bush has been withholding personal notes on Iran-Contra despite repeated requests to produce such material, suggested a more self-serving motive.
