By that point the rewards had started to show, which was the ultimate motivation to keep going.
It was unclear how the receipts would form a defense strategy for Kim, or what the ultimate motivation of the payments were.
According to this worldview, the dominance of which is now nearly absolute, the human norm is Homo economicus, a calculating subject whose natural desires and instincts are shaped by their ultimate motivation: to pursue happiness and avoid pain.
But there are good reasons to believe that political issues, such as the plight of the Palestinians and American support for the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, provide convenient propaganda for al-Qaeda and yet do not represent its ultimate motivation.
Assaf's problems with his childhood friend Roi and his sister's ex-boyfriend, Rhino, seem banal and insufficient, while Tamar's ultimate motivation in casting off her known life in favor of the dangerous streets is kept shadowy for much of the book.
Seeing the results of an innovative approach serves as the ultimate motivation for scientists, says Syngenta's Campagne.
For Comte, the ultimate motivation for scientific activity is practical: "From Science Comes Prevision: From Prevision Comes Action" (1853, v. 1, 21).
If people believe that others will reward or sanction them for helping or failing to help in certain circumstances, and if the feeling of empathy marks those cases in which social sanctions or rewards are most likely, then we would expect people to be more helpful when they feel empathy, even if their ultimate motivation is purely egoistic.
Is Bran Hodor's ultimate motivation, then?
The character's ultimate motivation, however, is to free Lucifer from his imprisonment in Hell.
